Paris in the Age of Absolutism: An Essay

by Orest Ranum and Orest A. Ranum

Book Overview

By the eighteenth century Paris was one of the great wonders of Europe, renowned for its magnificent royal monuments and as a center for science, literature, and the arts. More so than any other European city, Paris reflected the spirit of an age--an age that reached its zenith with the reign of France's Sun King, Louis XIV. No book better captures that spirit than Orest Ranum's Paris in the Age of Absolutism, first published in 1968 and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027102531X
• ISBN13: 9780271025315
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 403 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.1" x 9.2"