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The English Restoration and Louis XIV: From the Peace of Westphalia to the Peace of Nimwegen

The English Restoration and Louis XIV: From the Peace of Westphalia to the Peace of Nimwegen

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Number of Chapters: 30

Length: 09 hours and 19 minutes

Language: English

In this trim volume the British historian, Osmund Airy writes of the period between 1648 and 1679 when Cardinal Mazarin, having concluded the masterly Peace of Westphalia for France, confronts the rebellions of the nobility known as the Fronde. By the time of his death in 1661, Mazarin has completed the work of Richelieu and made Louis XIV an absolute monarch, ready to extend his borders by conquest. But in Holland, the young Stadtholder, William III of Orange, resolutely opposes Louis's military ambitions, while in England, the restored Charles II is struggling with Parliament, juggling religious factions, suppressing conspiracies real and imagined, and cheerfully spending Louis's secret subsidies, while giving the French king as little value for his money as possible. (Pamela Nagami)

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Preface (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 1: The Peace of Westphalia (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 2: Prelude to the Fronde, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 2: Prelude to the Fronde, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 3: The Parliamentary Fronde, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 3: The Parliamentary Fronde, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 4: The New Fronde (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 5: The Rebellion of Condé (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 6: Close of the War with Spain (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 7: Restoration of Monarchy in England (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 8: Triumph of the Anglican Church--Relations with the Continent (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 9: Louis and Spain--The Dutch Republic (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 10: Louis and the Spanish Low Countries (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 11: England--Persecution of Dissent--The Dutch War, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 11: England--Persecution of Dissent--The Dutch War, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 12: Diplomacy of Louis--Invasion of the Spanish Low Countries (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 13: The Fall of Clarendon (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 14: The Triple Alliance and the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 15: Failure of the King's Attempt at Toleration (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 16: Louis's Preparations for the Invasion of the United Provinces, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 16: Louis's Preparations for the Invasion of the United Provinces, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 17: Charles II. and the Cabal (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 18: The Dutch Republic before the War (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 19: Invasion of the United Provinces, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 19: Invasion of the United Provinces, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 20: The Parliamentary Conflict in England (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 21: Louis--William--Charles--Parliament, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 21: Louis--William--Charles--Parliament, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 22: The Peace of Nimwegen, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 22: The Peace of Nimwegen, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
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