1. French Revolution
... had the most far-reaching and violent of the rebellions against the state. After the grand yet tragic rule of Louis XIV, the Bourbon kings watched as their power slipped out of their hands like a bar of soap. The Bourbon king Louis XIV, the powerful monarch of the early seventeenth century (1661-1715), had been the most successful absolute monarch in history ... deeds he secured a place for himself in the post-war government. (He had realized Napoleon would not succeed, and had given aid to the enemies.) Tallyrand wanted to restore the Bourbon Dynasty to the throne and in doing so, prot...
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