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I. Absolutism in France
  1. The Rule of Louis XIV
  2. Government
  3. Foreign Policy
  4. Domestic Policy
  5. The End of an Era
  6. France after Louis XIV

II. Other Patterns of Absolutism
  1. The Habsburgs at Vienna
  2. The Hohenzollerns at Berlin
  3. Rivalry and State Building
  4. The Prussia of Frederick William I
  5. Frederick the Great
  6. The Habsburg Empire
  7. The Habsburgs and Bourbons at Madrid
  8. Peter the Great at St. Petersburg

III. Alternatives to Absolutism
  1. Aristocracy in the United Provinces, Sweden, and Poland
  2. The Triumph of the Gentry in England
  3. Politics and Prosperity
  4. The Growth of Stability
  5. Contrasts in Political Thought

IV. The International System
  1. Diplomacy and Warfare
  2. Armies and Navies
  3. The Seven Years' War





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