02042cam a22003373u 4500 68355 UtSlPG 20260610134558.0 m cr n 260607r20221830utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG fr iso639-1 PQ Voltaire, 1694-1778 Œuvres de Voltaire Tome XIX: Siècle de Louis XIV.—Tome I Oeuvres de Voltaire Tome XIX: Siècle de Louis XIV.—Tome I Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2022 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Louis_XIV Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Si%C3%A8cle_de_Louis_XIV Release date is 2022-06-20 Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) "Le Siècle de Louis XIV" by Voltaire is a philosophical work published in 1751. Rather than chronicling the actions of King Louis XIV alone, Voltaire aims to capture the spirit of what he considered the most enlightened century. Structured as a comprehensive catalog, the work lists writers, artists, marshals, ministers, and sovereigns of the era. Through battle accounts, diplomatic maneuvers, and cultural achievements, Voltaire illustrates both the king's encouragement of arts and sciences and the period's apex of human intellect, avoiding mere hagiography to become a genuine historian of seventeenth-century France. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: France: Chez Lefèvre, 1830 French literature -- 18th century Beuchot, A. J. Q. (Adrien Jean Quentin), 1777-1851 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68355 109170 109170