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Additional Reading
Louis XIV, Mémoires (Eng. trans., Memoirs of Lewis the Fourteenth, Written by Himself and Addressed to His Son, 2 vol., 1806), is very important for an understanding of the psychology of Louis XIV. There are many French editions of this work. Contemporary accounts include: the Duchess d’Orléans (Madame Palatine), Correspondance complète, 2 vol. (1857); Mémoires of the Duc de Saint-Simon; the Journal of Dangeau; and Ezechiel Spanheim, Relation de la cour de France en 1690 (1704; Account of the Court of France, 1900). Voltaire, Le Siècle de Louis XIV, 2 vol. (1751; The Age of Louis XIV), an admirably written and well-documented study, remains an important source. Jacques Roujon, Louis XIV (1943), is a very objective and complete work. Two of the best books written on this period in the past century are Philippe Erlanger, Louis XIV (1965; Eng. trans. 1970); and John B. Wolf, Louis XIV (1968). Pierre Goubert, Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchmen (1970), is a popularized but well-researched treatment of Le Grand Siècle.
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| Modified link of Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Louis XIV. | May 28, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Sep 01, 2025 | ||
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| Add new Web site: Digital Commons at Lindenwood University - Louis XIV: Ar Louis XIV: Art as Persuasion Suppor ersuasion Supporting the Dominance of F ting the Dominance of France in 17th Century Europe (PDF). | Jul 08, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Palace of Versailles - Louis XIV. | Mar 21, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - In Our Time - Louis XIV: The Sun King. | Jan 16, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Purdue e-Pubs - Louis XIV: Patron of Science and Technology (PDF). | Dec 07, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Louis XIV. | Oct 26, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Louis XIV. | Feb 27, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Louis XIV - the Sun King. | Jun 23, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Louis XIV of France. | Jan 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Kentucky - College of Arts & Sciences - The Reign of Louis XIV (1643-1715): An Overview. | Aug 26, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 20, 2020 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 29, 2019 | ||
| Clarified how old he was at his death. | Aug 30, 2018 | ||
| Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." | Nov 15, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 29, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - King Louis XIV: French Mastermind. | Feb 09, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Union County College - Biography of Louis XIV. | Aug 17, 2010 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Biography of King Louis XIV. | Aug 17, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Louis XIV. | Jul 16, 2007 | ||
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| Added new Web site: Texas Historical Commission - Biography of King Louis XIV of France. |
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| Added new Web site: Elena Steingrad - Biography of Louis XIV. | Jan 22, 2007 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 26, 2006 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 26, 2006 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Oct 26, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: World History International - Biography of Louis XIV. | Aug 03, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 15, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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