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Fiction in French --- 1600-1715 --- Texts

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Fronde. --- Mazarinades. --- Pamphlets --- Pamphlets. --- Politics and government. --- 1600-1715. --- France --- France. --- History --- Politics and government

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Politics and government. --- Charles --- Espagne. --- Spain. --- Histoire --- History --- 1600-1715. --- Espagne --- Europe --- Europe. --- Spain --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement --- History, Military

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How seriously should we take the notion of absolute monarchy during the reign of Louis XIV? Was its excessiveness-reinforced by outlandish artworks and buildings-mere propaganda or satire? Not at all, argues Hall Bjørnstad in this meticulous work of political and cultural history. Bjørnstad revisits the world of seventeenth-century France and the team of ministers, secretaries, artists, and writers surrounding Louis XIV to uncover the logic at work at the heart of the image-making of the Sun King. Bjørnstad looks at some well-known artifacts-the monumental opulence of Versailles, for example, and Charles Le Brun's symbolic paintings depicting the grand exploits of the king, as well as at court histories and the king's secret Mémoires-to argue that these seeming absurdities are driven by a deeper, internal logic: a dream of absolute power that defies modern standards of political rationality. Bjørnstad cautions us not to approach categories such as "royal glory" and "royal exemplarity" anachronistically while also suggesting that they are part of a collective political imaginary that is still at work today.

Despotism --- Despotism. --- Literature. --- Monarchy --- Monarchy. --- Politics and government. --- Power (Social sciences) --- Power (Social sciences). --- History --- Louis --- Le Brun, Charles, --- In literature. --- Portraits. --- 1600-1715. --- France --- France. --- Politics and government --- Empowerment (Social sciences) --- Political power --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Political science --- Social sciences --- Sociology --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- Absolutism --- Autocracy --- Tyranny --- Authoritarianism --- Dictatorship --- Totalitarianism --- Lodewijk --- le Roi-Soleil --- Louis le Grand --- de Zonnekoning

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A fascinating inquiry into Jean-Baptiste Colbert's collection of knowledge

Public administration --- Government information --- Knowledge management --- Records --- Archives --- Statesmen --- Documents --- Manuscript depositories --- Manuscript repositories --- Manuscripts --- Documentation --- History --- Information services --- Cartularies --- Charters --- Diplomatics --- Public records --- Management of knowledge assets --- Management --- Information technology --- Intellectual capital --- Organizational learning --- Information, Government --- Freedom of information --- Administration, Public --- Delivery of government services --- Government services, Delivery of --- Public management --- Public sector management --- Political science --- Administrative law --- Decentralization in government --- Local government --- Public officers --- Political aspects --- Depositories --- Repositories --- Colbert, Jean Baptiste, --- Colbert de Seignelay, Joannes Baptista, --- Colbert, J.-B. --- Colbert, --- Kolʹber, Zh.-B. --- Kolʹber, Zhan-Batist, --- Seignelay, Joannes Baptista Colbert de, --- Seignelay, --- Political and social views. --- France --- Politics and government --- Intellectual life --- Colbert, Jean-Baptiste --- Government information. --- Hommes d'État --- Information sur l'État --- Intellectual life. --- Knowledge management. --- Politics and government. --- Public administration. --- Statesmen. --- Aspect politique --- Histoire --- Political aspects. --- 1600-1715. --- France. --- Politique et gouvernement --- Vie intellectuelle