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Louis XIV's Wars
Territorial expansion of France under Louis XIV (1643–1715) is depicted in orange. Source: Wikipedia.
While Louis's detractors argued that the war-related expenditure impoverished France to an extreme extent, his supporters pointed out that while the state was impoverished, France, with all its territorial and political gains, was not.
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