The financial decline of a great power : war, influence, and money in Louis XIV's France /
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 wide...
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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