An Introduction to the History of Western Europe

by James Harvey Robinson

[348] Reference, Wakeman, Europe from 1598-1715, Chapter VII.

[349] Louis does not appear to have himself used the famous expression, "I am the state," usually attributed to him, but it exactly corresponds to his idea of the relation of the king and the state.

[350] Reference, Perkins, France under the Regency, pp. 129–141.

[351] Reference, Perkins, France under the Regency, Chapter IV.

[352] Reference, Perkins, France under the Regency, pp. 141–147.

[353] See above, pp. [488] and [492], [493].

[354] See below, pp. [517–518].

[355] Reference, Perkins, France under the Regency, Chapter VI.

[356] The title Tsar, or Czar, was formerly supposed to be connected with Cæsar (German, Kaiser), i.e., emperor, but this appears to have been a mistake.

[357] References, Schwill, Modern Europe, pp. 215–230; Wakeman, European History from 1598-1715, pp. 300–308.