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The Age of Louis XIV by Voltaire

Voltaire was particularly impressed by Louis XIV who honored poets, writers, and artists, and he spent more than five years writing a history of Louis' reign titled, The Age of Louis XIV. This work, published in 1751, was the most researched and carefully prepared of Voltaire's works. For it he read 200 books and reams of unpublished memoirs. He consulted with scores of people who give accounts of what happened at Louis' Court, and in the archives at Versailles, he studied the original papers of Louis' ministers, and the manuscripts left by Louis himself. Voltaire's The Age of Louis XIV established a new way of writing history. Prior to this work, history books were an account of political and military history. To these topics, Voltaire added the history of the achievements of the great artists, writers, and builders of the day in order to achieve a better understanding of the era. This new approach to writing history was adopted by many historians who later followed Voltaire's example.

Features;

• Publisher Heron Books, London; Undated ca.1970
• Red Faux Leather Hardback
• Illustrated in B/W
• Size 185 x 115mm, 600g

Condition: Very Good – No Inscriptions, Very Good Copy

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