The Development Of Modern Europe - Volume I

The nation which has unmistakably assumed the leading role in European affairs during the past two hundred years is France. At the opening of the eighteenth century she already enjoyed a commanding position. In the wars to which the ambition of her king, Louis XIV, gave rise, almost all the countries of western Europe took part; even their colonies in distant regions were involved, and the map of the world was fundamentally altered. A generation after Louis XIV's death France began to be recognized as the great teacher of Europe; her philosophers and economists denounced the abuses which existed everywhere and urged the reform of ancient, outworn institutions...

• | Author: James Robinson|Charles Beard
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Apr 10, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 286 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1545298890
• | ISBN-13: 9781545298893