This book provides an overall interpretation of a decisive period in French history, from the chaos of the Wars of Religion to the death of Louis XIV. A clear but economical narrative of the major political events is combined with an analysis of the long-term factors which decisively moulded the evolution of both state and society.
| ISBN: | 9780192892843 |
| Publication date: | 23rd April 1998 |
| Author: | Robin Lecturer in Modern History and Fellow, Lecturer in Modern History and Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford Briggs |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 254 pages |
| Series: | OPUS |
| Genres: |
European history |