The world: historical and actual . ed to spendtheir days luxuriously basking in the sunlight ofcourt favers. The king had for his Secretary ofthe Treasui y M. Colbert, one of the greatest of allthe financiers of the world, and under his adminis-tration of revenue matters the royal coffers werewell filled ; the times were good, so far as concernedthe court and its retinue. France was the foremostnation in Europe. The other courts aped thesplendor which characterized the Grand Monarchy had its dark side. The Edict of Nantes was revok-ed in an evil hour, and in consequence hundreds ofthousands of
The world: historical and actual . ed to spendtheir days luxuriously basking in the sunlight ofcourt favers. The king had for his Secretary ofthe Treasui y M. Colbert, one of the greatest of allthe financiers of the world, and under his adminis-tration of revenue matters the royal coffers werewell filled ; the times were good, so far as concernedthe court and its retinue. France was the foremostnation in Europe. The other courts aped thesplendor which characterized the Grand Monarchy had its dark side. The Edict of Nantes was revok-ed in an evil hour, and in consequence hundreds ofthousands of Huguenots, many of them skilled arti-sans, fled. They were gladly received in Protestantcountries, and they took their profitable industrieswith them. That monstrous mistake of the Mag-nificent King was ot incalculable benefit to Eng-land and loss to France. Then, too, he fancied hecould regulate the affairs of all Europe and em-broiled his country in a war which brought almostthe entire military force of the continent, including. 3fS| |H| ff$8wi ? \j^.i~r^- ?mjS^ l-> mm m&m -f?-t- A Inn £l r iff] *}T \~- w ^83=11? BIRDS-EYE VIEW OP THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES, THE RESIDENCE OP LOUIS XIV.
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