FRANCE'S LOUIS XIV was a 'radical' king who drank 'champagne' as medicine and 'invented high ... he nonetheless found the time and appetite to found France as the de luxe land of haute couture.

Catherine de Medici brought the artform to France when she married King Henri II in 1533, but Louis XIV pushed the craft to become highly technical and distinctively French.

The Death of Louis XIV, which unspools in chronological fashion, first sees various members of the court ask Louis to join their parties and gatherings, which he politely refuses. It’s clear ...

Video - The 'Code noir,' enacted in 1685 under King Louis XIV, defined the rules of slavery in France's colonies. Prime ...

Come and discover the magnificent Château de Maisons-Laffitte, built for King Louis XIV, on Saturday September 20 and Sunday ...

Louis XIII may have started the trend, but his successor, Louis XIV, would take it to new heights. The four-year-old king succeeded his father in 1643, when Europe’s fashion capital was Madrid.

This French Renaissance-style castle would probably have remained largely unknown if it hadn't become home to the secret wife of Louis XIV, Madame de Maintenon. Françoise d'Aubigné – her real ...

The complex was commissioned by Louis XIV, who moved the nation’s government to Versailles in 1682 and wanted a palace to match the glory of his reign. Nowhere is this more evident than in the ...

Louis XIV’s Grand Trianon Inspired This Grand Home Outside Chantilly, France The stately home is characterized by voluminous, high-ceilinged reception rooms and impeccably maintained period ...

A deeply serious work that uses financial data to throw considerable and valuable light on Louis XIV’s France, naval warfare and, more generally, ideas of state and military modernisation. The price ...