In the OPUS series, second revised edition of a history of France from the Wars of Religion to the death of Louis XIV. Incorporating new material drawn from recent scholarship, describes the major political events and analyses the factors influencing the evolution of state and society in this decisive period of French history.



This book provides an overall interpretation of a decisive period in French history, from the chaos of the Wars of Religion to the death of Louis XIV. A clear but economical narrative of the major political events is combined with an analysis of the long-term factors which decisively moulded the evolution of both state and society.