The Age of Louis XIV
by Voltaire
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There are periods of history when chain of events seem to accelerate. As a conductor, Voltaire takes you through a whirlwind of events and becomes the Herodotus of the Century that preceded him. A multitude of battles, civil wars, intrigues and a cast of thousands. What also Saint-Simon has is a sense for detecting in the life of its characters, those that have the most potential for soap operas. Truly epic.
Si España en la época de Felipe II fue el centro de gravedad de la historia europea, la Francia de Luis XIV se convierte en el lugar ideal para comprender los acontecimientos políticos fundamentales del viejo continente. Esa época la domina la Figura del Rey Sol y la constelación extraordinaria de ministros distinguidos, generales afortunados y literatos de excepción que se ordenó en torno de él. Éste, que es uno de los períodos más brillantes de la historia política y militar de Francia, la edad de oro de la literatura, la arquitectura y la filosofía de esa nación, es también la alborada del gran movimiento humanista de la Ilustración. Todos los elementos que caracterizan la cultura moderna francesa aparecen plenamente show more desarrollados o en embrión durante el reinado de Luis XIV. El idioma llega a su plena madurez, se asimila positivamente la tradición clásica, y el espíritu racionalista de observación y crítica sienta las bases de todo el desarrollo cultural posterior. Se abandona definitivamente la barbarie y turbulencia de los siglos anteriores y la sociedad refina sus costumbres en el culto de la cortesía, inaugurado en la corte del gran rey y difundido rápidamente por todos los estratos superiores de la nación. Asimismo, da sus últimas batallas la intolerancia religiosa, no obstante la desafortunada revocación del edicto de Nantes, y las disputas de los jansenistas, de los quietistas y las intrigas de los jesuitas no llegan a conmover los cimientos bien fundados de la nueva nación. show less
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François-Marie Arouet known as Voltaire, was born in Paris in 1694. He was educated by the Jesuits at the Collège Louis-le-Grand (1704-1711), where he learned Latin and Greek; later in life he became fluent in Italian, Spanish, and English. By the time he left school, Voltaire had decided he wanted to be a writer. His father then obtained a job show more for him as a secretary to the French ambassador in the Netherlands. Most of Voltaire's early life revolved around Paris. From early on, Voltaire had trouble with the authorities for critiques of the government and religious intolerance. These activities were to result in two imprisonments and a temporary exile to England. The name "Voltaire", which the author adopted in 1718, is an anagram of "AROVET LI," the Latinized spelling of his surname, Arouet, and the initial letters of "le jeune" ("the young"). The name also echoes in reverse order the syllables of the name of a family château in the Poitou region: "Airvault". The adoption of the name "Voltaire" following his incarceration at the Bastille is seen by many to mark Voltaire's formal separation from his family and his past. Voltaire continued to write plays, such as Mérope (or La Mérope française) and began his long research into science and history. From 1762, he began to champion unjustly persecuted people, the case of Jean Calas being the most celebrated. This Huguenot merchant had been tortured to death in 1763, supposedly because he had murdered his son for wanting to convert to Catholicism. His possessions were confiscated and his remaining children were taken from his widow and were forced to become members of a monastery. Voltaire, seeing this as a clear case of religious persecution, managed to overturn the conviction in 1765. n February 1778, Voltaire returned for the first time in 20 years to Paris. He soon became ill again and died on 30 May 1778. show less
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- 1751
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- Louis XIV, 1638-1715; Joseph Du Fresne de Francheville
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- 944.033 — History & geography History of Europe France and Monaco France Bourbon 1589-1789 Louis XIV 1643-1715; War of Spanish succession ; XVIIth Century
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- DC125 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania France – Andorra – Monaco History of France Modern, 1515- 1589-1715. Henri IV, Louis XIII, Louis XIV
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