Download or read book The Growth and Decline of the French Monarchy written by James Mackinnon and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Growth and Decline of the French Monarchy Classic Reprint written by James MacKinnon and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-26 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Growth and Decline of the French Monarchy This volume has grown out of a desire to investigate the origins of the French Revolution. Many books have been written on that Revolution, and a goodly number deal directly or indirectly with its origins. Writers like M. Taine have generalised its causes with philosophical grasp and acute ness. They have unfolded the more direct of these causes by a study of the Old rc'glfnc in its later phases. M. Taine, in particular, has given us a graphic picture of the social and political institutions of France in the eighteenth century in his Origines de la France Contemporaine. The roots of the Revolution lie, however, deeper down in the layers of French history; below as well as in the upper stratum Of the eighteenth century. For its causes were indirect as well as direct, remote as well as immediate. To unfold this twofold category of causes, it is needful to go far back into the history of the old French monarchy, to review, in fact, the history of monarchic France from the Middle Ages onward. It is this that I have attempted to do in the following chapters, and in this endeavour I have eschewed the method of philosophical generalisation for that of consecutive historical investigation. I have adopted the historic method in a large sense in my search for an adequate explanation of the great upheaval which, in the last decade Of the eighteenth century, affected the history not only of France, but Of Europe, permanently as well as transiently. Several questions suggested themselves to my mind on looking at the history of France from this point of view. How did the power of the French kings, from Hugh Capet onwards, grow? How did these kings exercise this power in the work Of government? How, as the result of the exercise of this power, did the monarchy decline, and thus invite its own fall by the violent process of revolution? In seeking the answers to these questions, I became engrossed in my subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Growth and Decline of the French Monarchy written by James MacKinnon and published by Arkose Press. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Growth and Decline of the French Monarchy written by James MacKinnon and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2012-10 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. Monarchy And Democracy In Conflict?Triumph Of Monarchy Under Charles V. (1328-1380). PHILIP de Valois was well fitted, in some respects, to fill the role of king. He was a showy man who could pose in public and impress the lieges with his dignity in things external. He could rise to the occasion, as the representative of the grandeur of France, when the occasion demanded the dazzling display of royal pomp. He is the magnificent king, 1 who celebrated his coronation at Reims with a splendour far surpassing that which any living man remembered to have seen on such occasions. He was great in procession or on parade, and to his fondness for show, the picturesque Froissart was indebted for many a glowing description of that old world chivalry to which his enthusiasm has given all the reality and energy of a tableau vivant. Philip had, too, some ability as a soldier, as the first year of his reign was to prove, though he was no master of tactics like his great rival, Edward III. He was, however, a master of display, very formidable in showing himself at the head of a splendid host of gorgeous and fire-eating war-lords, and their no less gorgeous companies of knights and esquires, as at Buironfosse, Tournay, and Malestroit, and thus bringing his antagonist to retire, or to treat. To avoid a battle, especially against an antagonist of the stamp of an Edward III., was a greater merit than to fight one, which could probably only end in defeat, and Philip was to show over and over again that he understood how to cheat his antagonist out of a victory without exactly running away. Unfortunately for France and for himself, he did this once too seldom, and on the single occasion that he risked an encounter with Edward at Crecy, he suffered a crushing overthrow. As a diploma...
Download or read book GROWTH DECLINE OF THE FRENCH written by James 1860 MacKinnon and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Fall of the French Monarchy written by Munro Price and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-09-23 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Munro Price has meticulously researched the mood, atmosphere and personalities behind the palace walls. At the heart of this research is a cache of letters that sheds new light on the lives of the royals, as the monarchy was gradually stripped of its power and revolutionary fervour called for their execution. The central character in this new evidence is the Baron de Breteuil, Louis's ambassador in exile, who orchestrated doomed escape plans and co-ordinated the international response to the revolution.This new book reassesses a perennially interesting period of history and will shed fresh insight into one of the real tuning points in European history
Download or read book The Fall of the French Monarchy 1787 1792 written by Michel Vovelle and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1984-03-08 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume in The French Revolution Series, on the fall of the French monarchy 1787-1792.
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Download or read book The Road from Versailles written by Munro Price and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-01-20 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Munro Price confronts one of the enduring mysteries of the French Revolution---what were the true actions and feelings of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as they watched their sovereignty collapse? Dragged back from Versailles to Paris by the crowd in October 1789, the king and queen became prisoners in the capital. They were compelled for their own safety to approve the Revolution and its agenda. Yet, in deep secrecy, they soon began to develop a very different, and dangerous, strategy. The precautions they took against discovery, and the bloody overthrow of the monarchy three years later, dispersed or obliterated most of the clues to their real policy. Much of this evidence has until now remained unknown. The road from Versailles reconstructs in detail, for the first time, the king and queen's clandestine diplomacy from 1789 until their executions. To do so, it focuses on a vital but previously ignored figure, the royal couple's confidant, the baron de Breteuil. Exiled from France by the Revolution, Breteuil became their secret prime minister, and confidential emissary to the courts of Europe. Along with the queen's probable lover, the comte de Fersen, it was Breteuil who organized the royal family's dramatic dash for freedom, the flight to Varennes. Breteuil's role is crucial to an understanding of what Louis and Marie Antoinette secretly felt and thought during the Revolution. To unlock these secrets, The road from Versailles draws on highly important unpublished and previously unknown material.
Download or read book Expansion and Crisis in Louis XIV s France written by Darryl Dee and published by University Rochester Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Driven by a desire for glory and renown, Louis XIV presided over France's last great burst of territorial expansion in Europe. During the first three decades of his rule, his armies conquered numerous territories along France's borders. After 1688, however, the tide of conquest turned as the kingdom was plunged into crisis. For the remainder of his reign, the king and his people endured wars against grand alliances of European powers, ecological disasters, economic depression, state bankruptcy, and demographic stagnation. Expansion and Crisis in Louis XIV's France examines these central yet understudied aspects of the age of the Sun King through the experience of Franche-Comté, a possession of the Spanish empire with a long history of autonomy, conquered by Louis XIV in 1674. Dee's detailed research reconstructs the ensuing dialogue -- sometimes harmonious, sometimes discordant -- between the king and the elites who ruled this province. The integration of Franche-Comté into France proved to be a protracted process involving confrontation, negotiation, and compromise. The resulting regime was then severely tested by the challenges of Louis XIV's late reign; its survival demonstrated how the king had brought a distinctly early modern state to the height of its development. This study offers significant new insights on the growth of the territorial state in early modern Europe, the nature of the French absolute monarchy, and the political legacy of the Sun King. Darryl Dee is Assistant Professor of History, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada.
Download or read book The French Revolution Illustrated Edition written by John Stevens Cabot Abbott and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-05-29 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook "The French Revolution" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Not only does this book examine the events of the Revolution but it goes further into the French history providing explanations for the causes which led to this world changing milestone. Contents: Origin of the French Monarchy The Houses of Valois and Bourbon The Regency and Louis XV Despotism and Its Fruits The Bastille The Court and the Parliament The Assembly of the Notables The Appeal to the People Assembling of the States-general The National Assembly Revolutionary Measures The Tumult in Paris Storming the Bastille The King Recognizes the National Assembly The King Visits Paris Forming the Constitution The Royal Family Carried to Paris France Regenerated The King Accepts the Constitution Flight of the King Arrest of the Royal Fugitives Return of the Royal Family From Varennes Commotion in Paris The Approach of War Agitation in Paris, and Commencement of Hostilities The Throne Assailed The Throne Demolished The Royal Family Imprisoned The Massacre of the Royalists The King Led to Trial Execution of Louis XVI The Reign of Terror Execution of Marie Antoinette and Madame Elizabeth The Jacobins Triumphant Fall of the Hebertists and of the Dantonists Fall of Robespierre The Thermidorians and the Jacobins Dissolution of the Convention The Directory The Overthrow of the Directory and the Establishment of the Consulate
