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of England to forsake the cause of the Dutch, and the war was renewed in 1672. OF ENGLAND TO FORSAKE THE CAUSE OF THE DUTCH AND THE WAR WAS RENEWED IN SIXT
e because he was jealous of what would not bend to his will than for any real want of conformity. Pascal's famous "Provincial Letters" were put forth during this controversy; and in fact, the literature of France reached its Augustan age during this reign, and the language acquired its standard perfection. 7. War in the Low Countries.--Maria Theresa, the queen of Louis XIV., was the child of the first marriage of Philip IV. of Spain; and on her father's death in 1661, Louis, on pretext of an old law in Brabant, which gave the daughters of a first marriage the preference over the sons of a second, claimed the Low Countries from the young Charles II. of Spain. He thus began a war which was really a continuance of the old struggle between France and Burgundy, and of the endeavour of France to stretch her frontier to the Rhine. At first England, Holland, and Sweden united against him, and obliged him to make the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1668; but he then succeeded in bribing Charles II. NOT BEND TO HIS WILL THAN FOR ANY REAL WANT OF CONFORMITY PASCAL'S FAMOUS PROVINCIAL LETTERS WERE PUT FORTH DURING THIS CONTROVERSY AND IN FACT THE LITERATURE OF FRANCE REACHED ITS AUGUSTINE AGE DURING THIS REIGN AND THE LANGUAGE ACQUIRED ITS STANDARD PERFECTION SEVEN WAR IN THE LOW COUNTRIES MARIA THERESA THE QUEEN OF LOUIS THE FOURTEENTH WAS THE CHILD OF THE FIRST MARRIAGE OF PHILIP THE FOURTH OF SPAIN AND ON HER FATHER'S DEATH IN SIXTEEN SIXTY ONE LOUIS ON PRETEXT OF AN OLD LAW IN BRABANT WHICH GAVE THE DAUGHTERS OF A FIRST MARRIAGE THE PREFERENCE OVER THE SONS OF A SECOND CLAIMED THE LOW COUNTRIES FROM THE YOUNG CHARLES THE SECOND OF SPAIN HE THUS BEGAN A WAR WHICH WAS REALLY A CONTINUANCE OF THE OLD STRUGGLE BETWEEN FRANCE AND BURGUNDY AND OF THE ENDEAVOR OF FRANCE TO STRETCH HER FRONTIER TO THE RHINE AT FIRST ENGLAND HOLLAND AND SWEDEN UNITED AGAINST HIM AND OBLIGED HIM TO MAKE THE PEACE AT IRRE LA CHAPELL IN SIXTEEN SIXTY EIGHT BUT HE THEN SUCCEEDED IN BRIBING CHARLES THE SECOND
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