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The Age of Louis XIV
The Story of Civilization, Volume VIII
Will Durant,Ariel Durant
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The Age of Louis XIV
The Story of Civilization, Volume VIII
Will Durant,Ariel Durant
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The Story of Civilization, Volume VIII: A history of European civilization in the period of Pascal, Moliere, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton, and Spinoza: 1648-1715. This is the eighth volume of the Pulitzer Prize-winning series.
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Dates in parentheses following a name are of birth and death except when preceded by r., when they indicate duration of reign for popes and rulers of states. A single date preceded by fl. denotes a floruit. A footnote is indicated by an asterisk. Italicized page numbers indicate principal treatment. All dates are A.D. unless otherwise noted.
Abbeville, France, 23
AbĂ©lard, Pierre (1079â1142), 609, 686
abiogenesis, 520, 521
Abjuration Act (England, 1702), 705
Aboab, Isaac, da Fonseca (1605â93), 459
Abrabanel, Isaac (1437â1508), 609
Absalom and Achitophel (Dryden), 223, 224â226, 505*
absolutism and divine right, 286, 308, 368, 369, 413, 414, 453
of Alexis of Russia, 375
Anglican Church position on, 253, 301
Bossuetâs treatise on, 77â78
Charles II of England and, 277
of Charles XII of Sweden, 369
Cromwell and, 191, 254
English Parliamentâs modification of, 298â99
FĂ©nelonâs views on, 84
Filmerâs treatise on, 253, 579â580
Hobbesâs formulations on, 549, 556â57, 560, 561, 563
James II and, 288â89, 290
Lockeâs views on, 580
Louis XIV and, 6, 10, 12, 14â15, 290, 721
Peter the Great and, 375, 396
popes and, 49, 431
Spinozaâs views on, 652, 659
Academia Secretorum Naturae (Naples), 495
AcadĂ©mie de lâOpĂ©ra (Paris), 33
Académie de Musique (Paris), 33
Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture (Paris), 87
Académie des Beaux-Arts (Paris), 87, 89, 97, 98, 99, 434
see also French Academy
Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres (Paris), 130
Académie des Sciences (Paris), 23, 496, 499, 533, 6...
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Durant, W., & Durant, A. (2011). The Age of Louis XIV ([edition unavailable]). Simon & Schuster. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/778582/the-age-of-louis-xiv-the-story-of-civilization-volume-viii-pdf (Original work published 2011)
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Durant, Will, and Ariel Durant. (2011) 2011. The Age of Louis XIV. [Edition unavailable]. Simon & Schuster. https://www.perlego.com/book/778582/the-age-of-louis-xiv-the-story-of-civilization-volume-viii-pdf.
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Durant, W. and Durant, A. (2011) The Age of Louis XIV. [edition unavailable]. Simon & Schuster. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/778582/the-age-of-louis-xiv-the-story-of-civilization-volume-viii-pdf (Accessed: 14 October 2022).
MLA 7 Citation
Durant, Will, and Ariel Durant. The Age of Louis XIV. [edition unavailable]. Simon & Schuster, 2011. Web. 14 Oct. 2022.