François Bluche

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François Bluche

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Why Is François Bluche Influential?

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According to Wikipedia, François Bluche was a French historian. He painted a largely positive portrait of Louis XIV in his biography, attributing to him substantial cultural and political achievements. Bluche saw Louis as a precursor to enlightened despotism and argued that his reign witnessed the birth of modern France. In his view both Louis' creation of a centralised, powerful monarchy and his wars of conquest benefited the French people. The book was translated into English by Mark Greengrass and published in 1990. Peter Burke labelled Bluche a "neo-traditionalist" who had written a "moderate but firm apologia for Louis XIV, a reaction against what the author calls the 'black legend' of the reign".

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François Bluche's Published Works

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Le journal secret de Louis XIV (1998) (1)
[IDENTIFICATION BY THE CRANIAL SKELETON]. (1964) (0)
The Social Origins of the Secretaries of State under Louis XIV, 1661–1715 (1976) (0)

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What Schools Are Affiliated With François Bluche?

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Paris Nanterre University