Expansion and crisis in Louis XIV's France : Franche-Comté and absolute monarchy, 1674-1715

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    • Dee, Darryl

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Expansion and crisis in Louis XIV's France : Franche-Comté and absolute monarchy, 1674-1715

Darryl Dee

(Changing perspectives in early modern Europe)

University of Rochester Press, 2009

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-234) and index

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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. 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-Comte, 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-Comte 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.

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Introduction Franche-Comte before the French The Conditions of Conquest: Louis XIV and the Free City of Besancon The Politics of Integration: Franche-Comte as Pays Conquis The Nine Years' War and the Transformation of Crown-Elite Relations Managing Elites: the Monarchy and the Parlement of Besancon, 1699-1705 War Finance in Franche-Comte, 1701-1714 Wartime Government in Franche-Comte and the French Royal State Conclusion Appendixes

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