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List of Illustrations.List of Tables and Graphs.1. Temperate Monarchy in its Last Incarnation.Part I: Absolutism in its True Grandeur:.2. Reason of State and its Irrationalities.3. France and the Fronde: the Age of Anne of Austria and Mazarin.4. The Snake and the Sun.5. Gallican Extremism.6. Spain in the Heart.Part II: Flexible and Adaptable: The New Absolutism:.7. The Overture.8. A Debonnaire Hercules.9. Reaction and Retraction.10. Public Opinion's First Successes.11. Order, Authority, Realm.Conclusion.Appendix 1: Chronological Table.Appendix 2: Statistical Tables.Glossary.Bibliography.Index.