Private ambition and political alliances
Political Patronage
Statesmen, biography
Court and courtiers
Statesmen
Politics and government
Biography
History
"This book explores the processes of state-building and the nature of political power in France during the reign of Louis XIV (1643-1715) through a study of a prominent ministerial family, the Phelypeaux de Pontchartrain. During the initial development of French governmental institutions in early mo…
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