The financial decline of a great power : war, influence, and money in Louis XIV's France

The financial humbling of a great power in any age demands explanation. In the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14) Louis XIV's France had to fight way beyond its borders and the costs of war rose to unprecedented heights. With royal income falling as economic activity slowed down, the widen...

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1. Verfasser: Rowlands, Guy (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 2012
Ausgabe:1. ed., 1. impr.
Schlagworte:Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714 Frankreich Finanzwirtschaft Geschichte 1643-1715 Ludwig Geschichte
Umfang:XVII, 267 S.