SPOLJNA POLITIKA FRANCUSKE U VRIJEME LUJA XIV
THE FOREIGN POLICY OF FRANCE IN THE TIME OF LOUIS XIV

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the key directions of French foreign policy during the reign of Louis XIV (1643-1715). The research focus was on the most representative elements of French foreign policy, especially diplomatic and military activities, with which Louis XIV tried to establish the absolute hegemony of France in Europe. The paper predominantly relies on contemporary literature, through which the position of France in European politics is explained, the most important military and diplomatic activities are analyzed, and the importance of the internal organization of the French state in these processes is pointed out. Apart from a detailed analysis of Louis XIV's military and diplomatic activities in which he tried to create conditions for the establishment of French supremacy in Europe, a special research focus was placed on the model of the so-called reunionist policy of the French king, with which he tried to unite the territories of the German states and the Spanish kingdom.

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