The Financial Decline of a Great Power: War, Influence, and Money in Louis XIV's France
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The financial humbling of a great power in any age demands explanation. In the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14) Louis XIV's France had to fight way beyond its borders and the costs of war rose to unprecedented heights. With royal income falling as economic activity slowed down, the widening gap between revenue and expenditure led the government into a series of desperate expedients. Ever-larger quantities of credit, often obtained through fairly...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0199585075
ISBN13:9780199585076
Release Date:November 2012
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:286 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.4"
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