Chapter XXI: The Height and Decline of the Bourbon Monarchy (1679-1715 A.d.) 592

Acquisition of frontier places, 593. Preparations for a second
coalition, 596. Relations with Turks and Berbers, 598. Second
coalition; the league of Augsburg, 599. The Revolution in
England, 600. War of the league of Augsburg, 601. Attempts to
restore James II, 601. Devastation of the Palatinate, 603. The
war in Savoy and Piedmont, 604. The war in the Netherlands,
604. Steenkerke and Neerwinden, 605. Last years of the war;
treaty with Savoy, 606. The Treaty of Ryswick, 608. Louis
XIV and the Polish throne, 609. The question of the Spanish
succession, 610. Accession of the Bourbons in Spain, 612.
The Grand Alliance or third coalition against France, 613.
War of the Spanish Succession; the French victories, 615.
The _camisards_, 617. War of the Spanish Succession; French
reverses, 617. The battle of Blenheim, 618. The battle of
Ramillies, 620. The battle of Malplaquet, 624. The battle of
Denain, 626. Treaties of Utrecht and Rastatt, 627. Death of
Louis XIV, 629.

CHAPTER XXII

THE AGE OF LOUIS XIV: ASPECTS OF ITS CIVILISATION (1610-1715 A.D.) 632

Foundation of the French Academy, 632. The patronage system,
633. Literary characteristics, 635. Science, 637. Poetry:
Boileau, 640. Oratory: Bossuet, 641. The third period, 642.
The drama; tragedy, 643. Corneille, 643. Racine, 644. Comedy,
645. Architecture, 647. Sculpture and painting, 648. Music and
the opera, 650. Rapid decline of the age of Louis XIV, 651. A
French view of the effect of the age, 651.

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