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Author : John C. Rule
Release : 1969
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Book Synopsis Louis XIV and the Craft of Kingship by : John C. Rule
Download or read book Louis XIV and the Craft of Kingship written by John C. Rule. This book was released on 1969. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John C. Rule
Release : 1970
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Louis XIV and the Craft of Kingship by : John C. Rule
Download or read book Louis XIV and the Craft of Kingship written by John C. Rule. This book was released on 1970. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J. C. Rule
Release : 1969
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Book Synopsis Louis 14 and the Craft of Kingship by : J. C. Rule
Download or read book Louis 14 and the Craft of Kingship written by J. C. Rule. This book was released on 1969. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bedford/St. Martin's
Release : 2018-01-04
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis CM BDC Absolutism in Practice: Louis XIV, Versailles, and the Art of Personal Kingship by : Bedford/St. Martin's
Download or read book CM BDC Absolutism in Practice: Louis XIV, Versailles, and the Art of Personal Kingship written by Bedford/St. Martin's. This book was released on 2018-01-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document collection explores how Louis XIV sought to embody absolutism through his personal rule by examining the theory behind absolutism, Louis's own writings on kingship, and the observations of eyewitnesses at his court, shedding light on traditions of royal government in Europe since the Middle Ages. Students are guided through their analysis of the primary sources with an author-provided learning objective, central question, and historical context.
Author : Peter Burke
Release : 1994-01-01
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis The Fabrication of Louis XIV by : Peter Burke
Download or read book The Fabrication of Louis XIV written by Peter Burke. This book was released on 1994-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louis XIV was a man like any other, but the money and attention lavished on his public image by the French government transformed him into a godlike figure. In this engrossing book, an internationally respected historian gives an account of contemporary representations of Louis XIV and shows how the making of the royal image illuminates the relationship between art and power. Images of Louis XIV included hundreds of oil paintings and engravings, three-hundred-odd medals struck to commemorate the major events of the reign, sculptures, and bronzes, as well as plays, ballets (in which the king himself sometimes appeared on stage), operas, odes, sermons, official newspapers and histories, fireworks, fountains, and tapestries. Drawing on an analysis of these representations as well as on surviving documentary sources, Peter Burke shows the conscious attempt to "invent" the image of the king and reveals how the supervision of the royal image was entrusted to a commitee, the so-called small academy. This book is not only a fascinating chronological study of the mechanics of the image-making of a king over the course of a seventy-year reign but is also an investigation into the genre of cultural construction. Burke discusses the element of propaganda implicit in image-making, the manipulation of seventeenth-century media of communication (oral, visual, and textual) and their codes (literary and artistic), and the intended audience and its response. He concludes by comparing and contrasting Louis's public image with that of other rulers ranging from Augustus to contemporary American presidents.
