The 'personal rule' of Louis XIV witnessed a massive increase in the size of the French army and an apparent improvement in the quality of its officers, its men and the War Ministry. However, this is ...
Louis XIV is one of Europe's best remembered kings, known for ordering the building of the Palace of Versailles, leading an ...
With 14 royal suites, personal butlers, Michelin star feasts, and private guided tours, Le Grand Contrôle is one of the ...
Expansion and Crisis in Louis XIV's France' examines these central yet understudied ... growth of the territorial state in early modern Europe, the nature of the French absolute monarchy, and the ...
Stand up straight! You’re about to be received by royalty. To a stately, scene-setting soundtrack inspired by 17th-century ...
The world’s most famous watch — made for Marie Antoinette — is among the treasures on display.
Even the opulent King Louis ... abolished its monarchy only to find itself under the rule of an emperor. Years later Thomas Jefferson would admit that his own support for the French Revolution ...
Breguet’s No. 160 Marie Antoinette was intended to be worn by the French queen ... evolution of science at Versailles and how monarchs Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI encouraged scientific ...