HIS103Y1 Lecture : Topic 7
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National security louis and his pursuit for glory. Chambers of reunion which brought a large number of territories under the french control. Additionally he took strasburg, to secure french national interest. He did not support the austrians against the turks and he came to blows with the holy roman emperor. 1688 a manifesto for europe to recognize his territorial gains. September 1688 austrians just recaptured belgrade. A huge triumph for the holy roman emperor. All the people looked at leopold for leadership. Late september 1688 louis decided to gamble, by using the intimidating the aggressive tactics. Naturally, he started the longest and bloodiest conflict of his reign resulted in alienating the entire continent of europe alone (except for the turks). Equally the 9 years war new conflict in military terms. It saw a number of changes french foreign policy. Louis realized that the spanish were no longer his main opponents but the.
