The English Restoration and Louis XIV, From the Peace of Westphalia to the Peace of Nimwegen

In this trim volume the British historian, Osmund Airy writes of the period between 1648 and 1679 when Cardinal Mazarin, having concluded the masterly Peace of Westphalia for France, confronts the rebellions of the nobility known as the Fronde. By the time of his death in 1661, Mazarin has completed the work of Richelieu and made Louis XIV an absolute monarch, ready to extend his borders by conquest. But in Holland, the young Stadtholder, William III of Orange, resolutely opposes Louis's military ambitions, while in England, the restored Charles II is struggling with Parliament, juggling religious factions, suppressing conspiracies real and imagined, and cheerfully spending Louis's secret subsidies, while giving the French king as little value for his money as possible.

By : Osmund Airy (1845 - 1928)

01 - Preface 02 - Ch. 1: The Peace of Westphalia 03 - Ch. 2: Prelude to the Fronde, Pt. 1 04 - Ch. 2: Prelude to the Fronde, Pt. 2 05 - Ch. 3: The Parliamentary Fronde, Pt. 1 06 - Ch. 3: The Parliamentary Fronde, Pt. 2 07 - Ch. 4: The New Fronde 08 - Ch. 5: The Rebellion of Condé 09 - Ch. 6: Close of the War with Spain 10 - Ch. 7: Restoration of Monarchy in England 11 - Ch. 8: Triumph of the Anglican Church--Relations with the Continent 12 - Ch. 9: Louis and Spain--The Dutch Republic 13 - Ch. 10: Louis and the Spanish Low Countries 14 - Ch. 11: England--Persecution of Dissent--The Dutch War, Pt. 1 15 - Ch. 11: England--Persecution of Dissent--The Dutch War, Pt. 2 16 - Ch. 12: Diplomacy of Louis--Invasion of the Spanish Low Countries 17 - Ch. 13: The Fall of Clarendon 18 - Ch. 14: The Triple Alliance and the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle 19 - Ch. 15: Failure of the King's Attempt at Toleration 20 - Ch. 16: Louis's Preparations for the Invasion of the United Provinces, Pt. 1 21 - Ch. 16: Louis's Preparations for the Invasion of the United Provinces, Pt. 2 22 - Ch. 17: Charles II. and the Cabal 23 - Ch. 18: The Dutch Republic before the War 24 - Ch. 19: Invasion of the United Provinces, Pt. 1 25 - Ch. 19: Invasion of the United Provinces, Pt. 2 26 - Ch. 20: The Parliamentary Conflict in England 27 - Ch. 21: Louis--William--Charles--Parliament, Pt. 1 28 - Ch. 21: Louis--William--Charles--Parliament, Pt. 2 29 - Ch. 22: The Peace of Nimwegen, Pt. 1 30 - Ch. 22: The Peace of Nimwegen, Pt. 2