*The article also includes a discussion of Voltaire’s
Supplément au Siècle de Louis XIV (Supplement to the Century of
Louis XIV)
Siècle de Louis XIV [Century of Louis XIV] (1751) was one of
Voltaire’s most significant works of history. This one-volume work
of social history was written after his novelistic Histoire de
Charles XII [History of Charles XII] (1730), and before his
magisterial universal history Essai sur les mœurs et l’esprit des
nations [Essay on Morals and the Spirit of Nations] (1756). The
Siècle aspires to switch core focus away from the battles waged by
its titular monarch and instead to spotlight the progress achieved
across a century that bears Louis XIV’s name. In his overview of
Voltaire’s historical writing, Brumfitt suggests that the Siècle de
Louis
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Citation:
Pierse, Síofra. "Le Siècle de Louis XIV". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 09 May 2018 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=4057, accessed 19 April 2024.]
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