The Cambridge Modern History. Volume 05, The Age of Louis XIV

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The Cambridge Modern History is a universal history covering the period from 1450 to 1910. It was published in 14 volumes between 1902 and 1912. The series was planned by Lord Acton, who intended it to be a monument of objective, collaborative scholarship, and edited by A.W. Ward, G. W. Prothero and Stanley Leathes.

Among other topics, this volume deals with France under Louis XIV; the Stuart Restoration and the Glorious Revolution in England; the Anglo-Dutch wars, the War of the Spanish Succession, and the Great Turkish War; Russia, Scandinavian kingdoms and the Great Northern War; the rise of the Kingdom of Prussia; the European colonies; and European literature, religion, and sciences of the time. (Summary by Kazbek)

Genre(s): Early Modern

Language: English

Keyword(s): Louis XIV (22), queen anne (9), Peter the Great (8), william of orange (6), spanish succession (2), john de witt (2), stewart restoration (1), act of resumption (1), peace of utrecht (1), charles xii (1) ... [Show full list]

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Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Preface by A.W. Ward, G.W. Prothero and Stanley Leathes Kazbek
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Play 02 Chapter I. The Government of Louis XIV (1661-1715) by A. J. Grant (part 1) Sarah Rothwell
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Play 03 Chapter I. The Government of Louis XIV (1661-1715) by A. J. Grant (part 2) Sarah Rothwell
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Play 04 Chapter I. The Government of Louis XIV (1661-1715) by A. J. Grant (part 3) Sarah Rothwell
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Play 05 Chapter II. The Foreign Policy of Louis XIV (1661-97) by Arthur Hassall (part 1) Martha H. Weller
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Play 06 Chapter II. The Foreign Policy of Louis XIV (1661-97) by Arthur Hassall (part 2) Martha H. Weller
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Play 07 Chapter II. The Foreign Policy of Louis XIV (1661-97) by Arthur Hassall (part 3) Martha H. Weller
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Play 08 Chapter III. French Seventeenth Century Literature and its European Influence by Émile Fauget Kazbek
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Play 09 Chapter IV. The Gallican Church by Viscount St Cyres (part 1) Shawn Stutts
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Play 10 Chapter IV. The Gallican Church by Viscount St Cyres (part 2) Shawn Stutts
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Play 11 Chapter V. The Stewart Restoration by C. H. Firth (part 1) Adrian Stephens
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Play 12 Chapter V. The Stewart Restoration by C. H. Firth (part 2) Adrian Stephens
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Play 13 Chapter V. The Stewart Restoration by C. H. Firth (part 3) Adrian Stephens
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Play 14 Chapter VI. The Literature of the English Restoration, Including Milton by Harold H. Child (part 1) Owlivia
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Play 15 Chapter VI. The Literature of the English Restoration, Including Milton by Harold H. Child (part 2) Mairi MacLean
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Play 16 Chapter VI. The Literature of the English Restoration, Including Milton by Harold H. Child (part 3) Julie Burks
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Play 17 Chapter VII. The Administrations of John de Witt and William of Orange (1651-88) by the Rev. George Edmundson (part 1) Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
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Play 18 Chapter VII. The Administrations of John de Witt and William of Orange (1651-88) by the Rev. George Edmundson (part 2) Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
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Play 19 Chapter VII. The Administrations of John de Witt and William of Orange (1651-88) by the Rev. George Edmundson (part 3) Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
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Play 20 Chapter VIII. The Anglo-Dutch Wars. (1) Naval Administration under Charles II and James II by J. R. Tanner Alister
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Play 21 Chapter VIII. The Anglo-Dutch Wars. (2) The Wars (1664-74) by C. T. Atkinson (part 1) Nigel Kerr
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Play 22 Chapter VIII. The Anglo-Dutch Wars. (2) The Wars (1664-74) by C. T. Atkinson (part 2) Nigel Kerr
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Play 23 Chapter IX. The Policy of Charles II and James II (1667-87) by John Pollock (part 1) Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
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Play 24 Chapter IX. The Policy of Charles II and James II (1667-87) by John Pollock (part 2) Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
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Play 25 Chapter IX. The Policy of Charles II and James II (1667-87) by John Pollock (part 3) Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
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Play 26 Chapter IX. The Policy of Charles II and James II (1667-87) by John Pollock (part 4) Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
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Play 27 Chapter X. The Revolution and the Revolution Settlement in Great Britain. (1) England (1687-1702) by H. W. V. Temperley (part 1) Owlivia
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Play 28 Chapter X. The Revolution and the Revolution Settlement in Great Britain. (1) England (1687-1702) by H. W. V. Temperley (part 2) Owlivia
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Play 29 Chapter X. The Revolution and the Revolution Settlement in Great Britain. (1) England (1687-1702) by H. W. V. Temperley (part 3) Owlivia
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Play 30 Chapter X. The Revolution and the Revolution Settlement in Great Britain. (1) England (1687-1702) by H. W. V. Temperley (part 4) Owlivia
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Play 31 Chapter X. The Revolution and the Revolution Settlement in Great Britain. (2) Scotland from the Restoration to the Union of the Parliaments (1660-1707) by P. Hume Brown (part 1) Emanuela
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Play 32 Chapter X. The Revolution and the Revolution Settlement in Great Britain. (2) Scotland from the Restoration to the Union of the Parliaments (1660-1707) by P. Hume Brown (part 2) Patrick Farrell
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Play 33 Chapter X. The Revolution and the Revolution Settlement in Great Britain. (3) Ireland from the Restoration to the Act of Resumption (1660-1700) by Robert Dunlop (part 1) Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
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Play 34 Chapter X. The Revolution and the Revolution Settlement in Great Britain. (3) Ireland from the Restoration to the Act of Resumption (1660-1700) by Robert Dunlop (part 2) Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
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Play 35 Chapter XI. Religious Toleration in England by the Rev. H. M. Gwatkin (part 1) Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
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Play 36 Chapter XI. Religious Toleration in England by the Rev. H. M. Gwatkin (part 2) Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
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Play 37 Chapter XII. Austria, Poland and Turkey by Richard Lodge (part 1) Andrew Mauls Byron
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Play 38 Chapter XII. Austria, Poland and Turkey by Richard Lodge (part 2) Kate Freeland
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Play 39 Chapter XII. Austria, Poland and Turkey by Richard Lodge (part 3) Kate Freeland
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Play 40 Chapter XIII. The Treaties of Partition and the Spanish Succession by Wolfgang Michael (part 1) Ted Lienhart
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Play 41 Chapter XIII. The Treaties of Partition and the Spanish Succession by Wolfgang Michael (part 2) Ted Lienhart
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Play 42 Chapter XIII. The Treaties of Partition and the Spanish Succession by Wolfgang Michael (part 3) Ted Lienhart
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Play 43 Chapter XIV. The War of the Spanish Succession. (1) Campaigns and Negotiations by C. T. Atkinson (part 1) Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
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Play 44 Chapter XIV. The War of the Spanish Succession. (1) Campaigns and Negotiations by C. T. Atkinson (part 2) Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
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Play 45 Chapter XIV. The War of the Spanish Succession. (1) Campaigns and Negotiations by C. T. Atkinson (part 3) Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
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Play 46 Chapter XIV. The War of the Spanish Succession. (1) Campaigns and Negotiations by C. T. Atkinson (part 4) Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
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Play 47 Chapter XIV. The War of the Spanish Succession. (2) The Peace of Utrecht and the Supplementary Pacifications by A. W. Ward (part 1) Martha H. Weller
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Play 48 Chapter XIV. The War of the Spanish Succession. (2) The Peace of Utrecht and the Supplementary Pacifications by A. W. Ward (part 2) Martha H. Weller
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Play 49 Chapter XV. Party Government under Queen Anne by H. W. V. Temperley (part 1) Ted Lienhart
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Play 50 Chapter XV. Party Government under Queen Anne by H. W. V. Temperley (part 2) Ted Lienhart
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Play 51 Chapter XVI. Russia (1462-1682) by J. B. Bury (part 1) Kazbek
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Play 52 Chapter XVI. Russia (1462-1682) by J. B. Bury (part 2) Kazbek
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Play 53 Chapter XVI. Russia (1462-1682) by J. B. Bury (part 3) Kazbek
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Play 54 Chapter XVI. Russia (1462-1682) by J. B. Bury (part 4) Kazbek
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Play 55 Chapter XVII. Peter the Great and his Pupils (1689-1730) by R. Nisbet Bain (part 1) Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
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Play 56 Chapter XVII. Peter the Great and his Pupils (1689-1730) by R. Nisbet Bain (part 2) Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
00:39:06
Play 57 Chapter XVII. Peter the Great and his Pupils (1689-1730) by R. Nisbet Bain (part 3) Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
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Play 58 Chapter XVII. Peter the Great and his Pupils (1689-1730) by R. Nisbet Bain (part 4) Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
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Play 59 Chapter XVIII. The Scandinavian Kingdoms by W. F. Reddaway (part 1) Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
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Play 60 Chapter XVIII. The Scandinavian Kingdoms by W. F. Reddaway (part 2) Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
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Play 61 Chapter XVIII. The Scandinavian Kingdoms by W. F. Reddaway (part 3) Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
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Play 62 Chapter XIX. Charles XII and the Great Northern War by R. Nisbet Bain (part 1) Voicegadget
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Play 63 Chapter XIX. Charles XII and the Great Northern War by R. Nisbet Bain (part 2) Voicegadget
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Play 64 Chapter XIX. Charles XII and the Great Northern War by R. Nisbet Bain (part 3) Voicegadget
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Play 65 Chapter XX. The Origins of the Kingdom of Prussia by A. W. Ward (part 1) Ted Lienhart
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Play 66 Chapter XX. The Origins of the Kingdom of Prussia by A. W. Ward (part 2) Ted Lienhart
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Play 67 Chapter XXI. The Great Elector and the First Prussian King by A. W. Ward (part 1) KevinS
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Play 68 Chapter XXI. The Great Elector and the First Prussian King by A. W. Ward (part 2) Sarah Rothwell
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Play 69 Chapter XXI. The Great Elector and the First Prussian King by A. W. Ward (part 3) Sarah Rothwell
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Play 70 Chapter XXII. The Colonies and India. (1) The Colonies by E. A. Benians (part 1) Tatiana Chichilla
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Play 71 Chapter XXII. The Colonies and India. (1) The Colonies by E. A. Benians (part 2) Maria Angela R. Aragon
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Play 72 Chapter XXII. The Colonies and India. (2) India by P. R. Roberts Martha H. Weller
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Play 73 Chapter XXIII. European Science in the Seventeenth and Earlier Years of the Eighteenth Centuries. (1) Mathematical and Physical Science by W. W. Rouse Ball (part 1) Beeswaxcandle
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Play 74 Chapter XXIII. European Science in the Seventeenth and Earlier Years of the Eighteenth Centuries. (1) Mathematical and Physical Science by W. W. Rouse Ball (part 2) Beeswaxcandle
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Play 75 Chapter XXIII. European Science in the Seventeenth and Earlier Years of the Eighteenth Centuries. (2) Other Branches of Science by Sir Michael Foster (part 1) Beeswaxcandle
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Play 76 Chapter XXIII. European Science in the Seventeenth and Earlier Years of the Eighteenth Centuries. (2) Other Branches of Science by Sir Michael Foster (part 2) Beeswaxcandle
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Play 77 Chapter XXIV. Latitudinarianism and Pietism by the Rev. M. Kaufmann (part 1) Beeswaxcandle
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Play 78 Chapter XXIV. Latitudinarianism and Pietism by the Rev. M. Kaufmann (part 2) Beeswaxcandle
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