6 options
Louis XIII, the just / A. Lloyd Moote.
De Gruyter University of California Press eBook-Package Archive Pre-2000 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moote, A. Lloyd, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1643.
- Louis.
- France--History--Louis XIII, 1610-1643.
- France.
- France--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (432 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1989]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this fascinating biography, A. Lloyd Moote provides the first authoritative account of one of the most enigmatic figures of seventeenth-century Europe. Contrary of popular portrayals of the monarch as a hapless kind, Moote argues that Louis XIII was a ruler who powerfully shaped his people's destiny.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PLATES
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION: INTERPRETING LOUIS XIII
- PART I. THE FORMATION OF A KING, 1601-15
- PART II. LOUIS THE JUST COMES OF AGE, 1615-24
- PART III. FRENCH ABSOLUTISM IN THE MAKING, 1624-35
- PART IV. THE LEGACY OF LOUIS XIII, 1635-43
- CONCLUSION: LOUIS XIII BEYOND THE GRAVE
- APPENDIX
- MAP 1
- MAP 2
- MAP 3
- MAP 4
- MAP 5
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 359-382.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9786612758676
- 9781282758674
- 1282758675
- 9780520911581
- 052091158X
- 9780585181578
- 0585181578
- OCLC:
- 44958697
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.