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To what extent did high culture become the tool of state interest during the period 1624-1715?
Title: To what extent did high culture become the tool of state interest during the period 1624-1715?
Category: History
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To what extent did high culture become the tool of state interest during the period 1624-1715?
During the Renaissance, humanists, having recovered numerous ancient texts, suggested 'that the grandeur of a king although established by war, was maintained by peace. The fruits of peace, they claimed, were commercial prosperity and the progress in the arts, which in turn immortalised the prince's glory.' Ritual, art and architecture may all be seen as the instruments of self-assertion, as the continuation of war and diplomacy by other means. For the purpose of this essay …showed first 75 words of 2280 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2280 total…Passion: Louis XIV as Patron of Architecture, (1994)
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