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Eastern Connecticut State University - FALL 2010 | ||
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'The Wars of Louis XVI,1667-1714', 'The Rise of the Great Powers, 1648-1815' and 'The Great Powers and the European States System, 1814-1914' - PACK: The Wars of Louis XIV 1667-1714 (1st Edition) by John Albert Lynn Paperback, 421 Pages, Published 1999 ISBN-10: 0-582-05629-2 / 0582056292 ISBN-13: 978-0-582-05629-9 / 9780582056299 Warfare dominated the long reign of the `Sun-king', Louis XIV. For forty years from 1672, France was continuously at war and had one of the largest armies seen in the West since the fall of imperial Rome. The campaigns secured little territory, but almost bankrupted the country and the consequences |