The Ascendancy of France, 1648–88

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Ascendancy_of_France,_1648–88
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
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French cultural influence
French military dominance
gptkbp:endDate 1688
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Ascendancy of France, 1648–88
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:France
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Treaty_of_the_Pyrenees
gptkb:Treaty_of_Aix-la-Chapelle
gptkb:Treaty_of_Nijmegen
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Palace_of_Versailles
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Franco-Dutch_War
gptkb:Revocation_of_the_Edict_of_Nantes
gptkb:War_of_Devolution
gptkb:Treaty_of_Westphalia
Nine Years' War (began 1688)
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Colbert
gptkb:Louis_XIV
gptkb:Cardinal_Mazarin
gptkbp:notableFor French Baroque architecture
rise of French language as diplomatic lingua franca
patronage of the arts by Louis XIV
gptkbp:notablePolicy mercantilism
centralization of power
persecution of Huguenots
expansion of French territory
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Louis_XIV
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:England
gptkb:Holy_Roman_Empire
gptkb:Spain
gptkb:Dutch_Republic
gptkb:Habsburg_Monarchy
gptkb:Thirty_Years'_War
gptkbp:startDate 1648
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_New_Cambridge_Modern_History
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