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‘The scale, splendour and organized power of the monarchy of Louis XIV was something new in Europe.’ Comment.

  • UPSC 1993
  • Origins of Modern Politics

Louis XIV's France (1643–1715) presented Europe with a monarchy whose sheer size of ambition, theatrical magnificence, and administrative reach had no true precedent among earlier European states.

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  • Scale: The Reach of the French State
  • Splendour: Versailles and the Culture of Absolutism
  • Organized Power: Bureaucracy and Doctrine

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