The French Monarchy 1483 1789 Louis Xiv And Colbert PDF Download

Excerpt from The French Monarchy, Vol. 2: 1483-1789 Besides these reforms there were others that Colbert hoped, but hoped in vain, to accomplish. Speaking generally, his ideas all tend towards an anticipation Of the work Of the Revolution the equality Of all Frenchmen under the King, the uniformity Of laws and institutions throughout France, the devotion Of the energies of the State to peaceful and industrial pursuits. On all these points there is a real aflinity between his work and the work of the Convention Of 1793. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.