Louis XIV: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Louis XIV, Mémoires (Eng. trans., Memoirs of Lewis the Fourteenth, Written by Himself and Addressed to His Son, 2 vol., 1806), is very important for an understanding of the psychology of Louis XIV. There are many French editions of this work. Contemporary accounts include: the Duchess d’Orléans (Madame Palatine), Correspondance complète, 2 vol. (1857); Mémoires of the Duc de Saint-Simon; the Journal of Dangeau; and Ezechiel Spanheim, Relation de la cour de France en 1690 (1704; Account of the Court of France, 1900). Voltaire, Le Siècle de Louis XIV, 2 vol. (1751; The Age of Louis XIV), an admirably written and well-documented study, remains an important source. Jacques Roujon, Louis XIV (1943), is a very objective and complete work. Two of the best books written on this period in the past century are Philippe Erlanger, Louis XIV (1965; Eng. trans. 1970); and John B. Wolf, Louis XIV (1968). Pierre Goubert, Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchmen (1970), is a popularized but well-researched treatment of Le Grand Siècle.

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Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Louis XIV - the Sun King. Jun 23, 2023
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Louis XIV and the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Jan 05, 2023
Add new Web site: University of Kentucky - College of Arts & Sciences - The Reign of Louis XIV (1643-1715): An Overview. Aug 26, 2022
Media added. Apr 20, 2020
Media added. Oct 29, 2019
Top Questions updated. Jun 07, 2019
Clarified how old he was at his death. Aug 30, 2018
Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." Nov 15, 2017
Media added. Jan 29, 2016
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - King Louis XIV: French Mastermind. Feb 09, 2014
Add new Web site: Union County College - Biography of Louis XIV. Aug 17, 2010
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Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Louis XIV. Jul 16, 2007
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