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The Death of Louis XIV
August 1715. After going for a walk, Louis XIV feels a pain in his leg. The next days, the king keeps fulfilling his dutie....
Read MoreThe Taking of Power by Louis XIV
Cardinal Mazarin dies, leaving a power vacuum in which the young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Ma....
Read MoreReign of Louis XIV
This series of tableaux-style vignettes taken from the much-storied life of France’s Louis XIV includes “Musketeers Fi....
Read MoreTaking Power (Louis XIV)
Video essay on Rossellini's The Taking of Power by Louis XIV.....
Read MoreAndré Le Nôtre, le jardinier de Louis XIV
André Le Notre is certainly the most famous French gardener. He was also a designer, architect, engineer, landscaper and ....
Read MoreLouis, the Child King
January 1649: Since the death of his father, the young Louis XIV must undergo the hard apprenticeship of royal power. He m....
Read MoreLiselotte of the Palatinate
The film portrays the life of the Heidelberg-born Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine, who married into the French roya....
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