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The Cambridge Modern History. Volume 05, The Age of Louis XIV

The Cambridge Modern History is a universal history covering the period from 1450 to 1910. It was published in 14 volumes between 1902 and 1912. The series was planned by Lord Acton, who intended it to be a monument of objective, collaborative scholarship, and edited by A.W. Ward, G. W. Prothero and Stanley Leathes.

Among other topics, this volume deals with France under Louis XIV; the Stuart Restoration and the Glorious Revolution in England; the Anglo-Dutch wars, the War of the Spanish Succession, and the Great Turkish War; Russia, Scandinavian kingdoms and the Great Northern War; the rise of the Kingdom of Prussia; the European colonies; and European literature, religion, and sciences of the time. (Summary by Kazbek)

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Preface by A.W. Ward, G.W. Prothero and Stanley Leathes (Kazbek)
Chapter I. The Government of Louis XIV (1661-1715) by A. J. Grant (part 1) (Sarah Rothwell)
Chapter I. The Government of Louis XIV (1661-1715) by A. J. Grant (part 2) (Sarah Rothwell)
Chapter I. The Government of Louis XIV (1661-1715) by A. J. Grant (part 3) (Sarah Rothwell)
Chapter II. The Foreign Policy of Louis XIV (1661-97) by Arthur Hassall (part 1) (Martha H. Weller)
Chapter II. The Foreign Policy of Louis XIV (1661-97) by Arthur Hassall (part 2) (Martha H. Weller)
Chapter II. The Foreign Policy of Louis XIV (1661-97) by Arthur Hassall (part 3) (Martha H. Weller)
Chapter III. French Seventeenth Century Literature and its European Influence by Émile Fauget (Kazbek)
Chapter IV. The Gallican Church by Viscount St Cyres (part 1) (Shawn Stutts)
Chapter IV. The Gallican Church by Viscount St Cyres (part 2) (Shawn Stutts)
Chapter V. The Stewart Restoration by C. H. Firth (part 1) (Adrian Stephens)
Chapter V. The Stewart Restoration by C. H. Firth (part 2) (Adrian Stephens)
Chapter V. The Stewart Restoration by C. H. Firth (part 3) (Adrian Stephens)
Chapter VI. The Literature of the English Restoration, Including Milton by Harold H. Child (part 1) (Owlivia)
Chapter VI. The Literature of the English Restoration, Including Milton by Harold H. Child (part 2) (Mairi MacLean)
Chapter VI. The Literature of the English Restoration, Including Milton by Harold H. Child (part 3) (Julie Burks)
Chapter VII. The Administrations of John de Witt and William of Orange (1651-88) by the Rev. George Edmundson (part 1) (roselbex)
Chapter VII. The Administrations of John de Witt and William of Orange (1651-88) by the Rev. George Edmundson (part 2) (roselbex)
Chapter VII. The Administrations of John de Witt and William of Orange (1651-88) by the Rev. George Edmundson (part 3) (roselbex)
Chapter VIII. The Anglo-Dutch Wars. (1) Naval Administration under Charles II and James II by J. R. Tanner (Alister)
Chapter VIII. The Anglo-Dutch Wars. (2) The Wars (1664-74) by C. T. Atkinson (part 1) (Nigel Kerr)
Chapter VIII. The Anglo-Dutch Wars. (2) The Wars (1664-74) by C. T. Atkinson (part 2) (Nigel Kerr)
Chapter IX. The Policy of Charles II and James II (1667-87) by John Pollock (part 1) (roselbex)
Chapter IX. The Policy of Charles II and James II (1667-87) by John Pollock (part 2) (roselbex)
Chapter IX. The Policy of Charles II and James II (1667-87) by John Pollock (part 3) (roselbex)
Chapter IX. The Policy of Charles II and James II (1667-87) by John Pollock (part 4) (roselbex)
Chapter X. The Revolution and the Revolution Settlement in Great Britain. (1) England (1687-1702) by H. W. V. Temperley (part 1) (Owlivia)
Chapter X. The Revolution and the Revolution Settlement in Great Britain. (1) England (1687-1702) by H. W. V. Temperley (part 2) (Owlivia)
Chapter X. The Revolution and the Revolution Settlement in Great Britain. (1) England (1687-1702) by H. W. V. Temperley (part 3) (Owlivia)
Chapter X. The Revolution and the Revolution Settlement in Great Britain. (1) England (1687-1702) by H. W. V. Temperley (part 4) (Owlivia)
Chapter X. The Revolution and the Revolution Settlement in Great Britain. (2) Scotland from the Restoration to the Union of the Parliaments (1660-1707) by P. Hume Brown (part 1) (Emanuela)
Chapter X. The Revolution and the Revolution Settlement in Great Britain. (2) Scotland from the Restoration to the Union of the Parliaments (1660-1707) by P. Hume Brown (part 2) (Patrick Farrell)
Chapter X. The Revolution and the Revolution Settlement in Great Britain. (3) Ireland from the Restoration to the Act of Resumption (1660-1700) by Robert Dunlop (part 1) (roselbex)
Chapter X. The Revolution and the Revolution Settlement in Great Britain. (3) Ireland from the Restoration to the Act of Resumption (1660-1700) by Robert Dunlop (part 2) (roselbex)
Chapter XI. Religious Toleration in England by the Rev. H. M. Gwatkin (part 1) (roselbex)
Chapter XI. Religious Toleration in England by the Rev. H. M. Gwatkin (part 2) (roselbex)
Chapter XII. Austria, Poland and Turkey by Richard Lodge (part 1) (Andrew Mauls Byron)
Chapter XII. Austria, Poland and Turkey by Richard Lodge (part 2) (Kate Freeland)
Chapter XII. Austria, Poland and Turkey by Richard Lodge (part 3) (Kate Freeland)
Chapter XIII. The Treaties of Partition and the Spanish Succession by Wolfgang Michael (part 1) (Ted Lienhart)
Chapter XIII. The Treaties of Partition and the Spanish Succession by Wolfgang Michael (part 2) (Ted Lienhart)
Chapter XIII. The Treaties of Partition and the Spanish Succession by Wolfgang Michael (part 3) (Ted Lienhart)
Chapter XIV. The War of the Spanish Succession. (1) Campaigns and Negotiations by C. T. Atkinson (part 1) (roselbex)
Chapter XIV. The War of the Spanish Succession. (1) Campaigns and Negotiations by C. T. Atkinson (part 2) (roselbex)
Chapter XIV. The War of the Spanish Succession. (1) Campaigns and Negotiations by C. T. Atkinson (part 3) (roselbex)
Chapter XIV. The War of the Spanish Succession. (1) Campaigns and Negotiations by C. T. Atkinson (part 4) (roselbex)
Chapter XIV. The War of the Spanish Succession. (2) The Peace of Utrecht and the Supplementary Pacifications by A. W. Ward (part 1) (Martha H. Weller)
Chapter XIV. The War of the Spanish Succession. (2) The Peace of Utrecht and the Supplementary Pacifications by A. W. Ward (part 2) (Martha H. Weller)
Chapter XV. Party Government under Queen Anne by H. W. V. Temperley (part 1) (Ted Lienhart)
Chapter XV. Party Government under Queen Anne by H. W. V. Temperley (part 2) (Ted Lienhart)
Chapter XVI. Russia (1462-1682) by J. B. Bury (part 1) (Kazbek)
Chapter XVI. Russia (1462-1682) by J. B. Bury (part 2) (Kazbek)
Chapter XVI. Russia (1462-1682) by J. B. Bury (part 3) (Kazbek)
Chapter XVI. Russia (1462-1682) by J. B. Bury (part 4) (Kazbek)
Chapter XVII. Peter the Great and his Pupils (1689-1730) by R. Nisbet Bain (part 1) (roselbex)
Chapter XVII. Peter the Great and his Pupils (1689-1730) by R. Nisbet Bain (part 2) (roselbex)
Chapter XVII. Peter the Great and his Pupils (1689-1730) by R. Nisbet Bain (part 3) (roselbex)
Chapter XVII. Peter the Great and his Pupils (1689-1730) by R. Nisbet Bain (part 4) (roselbex)
Chapter XVIII. The Scandinavian Kingdoms by W. F. Reddaway (part 1) (roselbex)
Chapter XVIII. The Scandinavian Kingdoms by W. F. Reddaway (part 2) (roselbex)
Chapter XVIII. The Scandinavian Kingdoms by W. F. Reddaway (part 3) (roselbex)
Chapter XIX. Charles XII and the Great Northern War by R. Nisbet Bain (part 1) (Voicegadget)
Chapter XIX. Charles XII and the Great Northern War by R. Nisbet Bain (part 2) (Voicegadget)
Chapter XIX. Charles XII and the Great Northern War by R. Nisbet Bain (part 3) (Voicegadget)
Chapter XX. The Origins of the Kingdom of Prussia by A. W. Ward (part 1) (Ted Lienhart)
Chapter XX. The Origins of the Kingdom of Prussia by A. W. Ward (part 2) (Ted Lienhart)
Chapter XXI. The Great Elector and the First Prussian King by A. W. Ward (part 1) (KevinS)
Chapter XXI. The Great Elector and the First Prussian King by A. W. Ward (part 2) (Sarah Rothwell)
Chapter XXI. The Great Elector and the First Prussian King by A. W. Ward (part 3) (Sarah Rothwell)
Chapter XXII. The Colonies and India. (1) The Colonies by E. A. Benians (part 1) (Tatiana Chichilla)
Chapter XXII. The Colonies and India. (1) The Colonies by E. A. Benians (part 2) (Maria Angela R. Aragon)
Chapter XXII. The Colonies and India. (2) India by P. R. Roberts (Martha H. Weller)
Chapter XXIII. European Science in the Seventeenth and Earlier Years of the Eighteenth Centuries. (1) Mathematical and Physical Science by W. W. Rouse Ball (part 1) (Beeswaxcandle)
Chapter XXIII. European Science in the Seventeenth and Earlier Years of the Eighteenth Centuries. (1) Mathematical and Physical Science by W. W. Rouse Ball (part 2) (Beeswaxcandle)
Chapter XXIII. European Science in the Seventeenth and Earlier Years of the Eighteenth Centuries. (2) Other Branches of Science by Sir Michael Foster (part 1) (Beeswaxcandle)
Chapter XXIII. European Science in the Seventeenth and Earlier Years of the Eighteenth Centuries. (2) Other Branches of Science by Sir Michael Foster (part 2) (Beeswaxcandle)
Chapter XXIV. Latitudinarianism and Pietism by the Rev. M. Kaufmann (part 1) (Beeswaxcandle)
Chapter XXIV. Latitudinarianism and Pietism by the Rev. M. Kaufmann (part 2) (Beeswaxcandle)
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