Richard Ballard Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

This is a study of royal absolutism in a most extreme form in modern European history, and of the nature of Louis XIV's concept of personal glory and of the embodiment of France as a new superpower.

Death of two kings, Henry V and Charles in 1422 both with historic claims to the French fiefs. Succession of Richard II, scholarly and religious but no statesman or soldier.

'The Unseen Terror' offers many illuminating insights into how and why the revolution took hold so far away from the French capital. It offers a glimpse of the violent events of the revolution 'from below' and is a rich and important contribution to a fuller understanding of French history.