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Memoirs of the Life of the late King of France continued
The narrative recounts the king's clashes with the Parliament and Clergy over the Bull Unigenitus, his banishments of Parisians and bishops, the founding of the Military School, and the ongoing war with England. It details the Damiens assassination attempt, fiscal retrenchment, the Jesuit dissolution, the king’s death by smallpox in 1774, and a mixed posthumous portrait noting victories, patronage of arts, and lasting controversies surrounding Louis XV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Paris
Pontoise
Orleans-and-Troyes
England
Robert Francis Damiens
Versailles
Clement
Ravaillac
Society of Jesuits
Lewis
Dauphin
Fontainbleau
Marshal Belleisle
Cardinal de Bernis
M. Maupeon
Count de la March
Monnarch
Trianon
Sensis
Paris Gazette
Lorrain
Royall Military School
Hig Haineds