Ludwig XIV.

König im groĂŸen Welttheater

By (author) Sven Externbrink

Book cover: Ludwig XIV.

Extent: 482 pages

Publisher: Brill | Schöningh

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, French Studies

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(June 2021)

ISBN: 9783506703316

6.1 x 9.25 inches

Price: $63.00

In stock

To look behind the scenes of the life of Louis XIV, a monarch with whom so many cliches are associated, and to give an impression of “real” life behind the red velvet curtain – that is what the biography of Sven Externbrink wants to do. This book is not only addressing historians, but also those who are interested in history and want to understand an era very different to ours. The book breaks with the traditional chronological representation of a life, beginning with birth and ending with death. Instead, we look at the Sun King from various perspectives, beginning firstly with his person, secondly with the life of his contemporaries, his subjects, the structures of the monarchy and Ludwig’s government, and thirdly with Ludwig and Europe. In between, “miniatures” are inserted, in which key events of his life are closely looked at.

Sven Externbrink ist auĂŸerplanmĂ¤ĂŸiger Professor am Historischen Seminar der Universität Heidelberg. Seine Forschungsinteressen im Bereich der FrĂ¼hen Neuzeit sind vor allem die internationalen Beziehungen, die politische Kommunikation und die Geschichte Frankreichs und Italiens. DarĂ¼ber hinaus beschäftigt er sich mit der deutsch-französischen Geschichte im europäischen Rahmen und der Geschichte der Geschichtsschreibung.

  • By (author) Sven Externbrink