WDF XTRA: Was Louis XIV's Foreign Policy A Success? Part 1

When Diplomacy Fails Podcast

Zack Twamley

Phd, International Relations, Korean War, European History, 17th Century, 18th Century, Politics, 20th Century, Thirty Years' War, History, 19th Century, War, First World War

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🗓️ 22 December 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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As a special Christmas present to all my lovely listeners, after you have given me such a fantastic year, here is the first of a two parter which I released to Patrons at the $5 level earlier this year, now freeto listen for YOU! Make sure you let me know if you enjoyed this episode, as we close out the eventful year of 2017 with a BANG! Thankssss!

Herein we ask the question - was Louis XIV's foreign policy a success? We know he experienced military success and tore Europe asunder; we know he was a formidable character and an implacable ruler, but do his successes and strengths outweigh the damage and cost which was wrought on France? Here we take this question up to the point of the early 1680s, while the next episode will conclude the question and answer it, hopefully to your conclusion.

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1:16.0	As we're coming to the end of the Franco-Dutch War-ish, I felt it would be timely to release this
1:21.8	question to the diplomats and patrons of a higher rank so that they can sink their teeth into
1:27.3	it and maybe rationalize
1:29.0	it and mull it over, considering how far we've come. We asked the question today, after seeing all we've
1:34.4	seen from Louis XIV's France during the War of Devolution and the Franco-Dutch War during the last
1:39.5	few episodes, whether Louis's foreign policy can actually be judged as successful.
1:47.7	It should be said that the answer is not as straightforward as you might think,
1:51.9	but the question will take us all over the era and the man's reign.
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