The dream of absolutism : Louis XIV and the logic of modernity /: Louis XIV and the logic of modernity. ([2021])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hall Bjørnstad.
• Authors: Bjørnstad, Hall
• Contents: Introduction. The problem with absolutism ; Beyond mere propaganda ; Approaching absolutism differently: royal glory and royal exemplarity ; The dream of absolutism -- The grammar of absolutism. The dream of a book like no other ; Taking Louis XIV's Mémoires seriously ; Absolutism, explained to a child: "The first and most important part of our entire politics" ; The utility of "These Mémoires" ; The paradoxes of absolutist exemplarity ; Conclusion: "So many ghastly examples" -- Mirrors of absolutism. Introduction: Our body in this space ; An age of mirrors ; A gallery celebrating greatness ; Making the king see what he felt ; A mirror for one ; In lieu of conclusion: Mirrors for a future without a past -- Absolutist absurdities. Exhibit A: The royal historiographer and the unparalleled greatness of Louis XIV ; Exhibit B: Absolutism from the cabinet of fairies to the cabinet of the king ; Conclusion: Seven theses on the dream of absolutism.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Copyright Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 230 pages)
• Subjects: 944/.033092; Despotism -- France -- History -- 17th century; Monarchy -- France -- History -- 17th century; Power (Social sciences) -- France -- History -- 17th century; LITERARY CRITICISM / General; Despotism; Literature; Monarchy; Politics and government; Power (Social sciences); France -- Politics and government -- 1643-1715; France; Electronic books; History; Portraits; Portraits; In literature
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226803975
• Related ISBNs: 022680397X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter, November 12, 2021).
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