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==The European Wars==
==The European Wars==
[[File:Equestrian portrait louis xiv 1692.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|]]
[[File:Equestrian portrait louis xiv 1692.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Louis XIV at the siege of Namur (1692)]]
Impelled by a mix of commerce, revenge, and pique, Louis believed that war was the most perfect way to define his glory, that peacetime should be spent preparing for the next war, and that his diplomats' major function was to provide France with tactical or strategic advantages.<ref>James Nathan, "Force, Order, and Diplomacy in the Age of Louis XIV," ''Virginia Quarterly Review'' 1993 69(4): 633-649. Issn: 0042-675x Fulltext: [[Ebsco]]</ref>
Impelled by a mix of commerce, revenge, and pique, Louis believed that war was the most perfect way to define his glory, that peacetime should be spent preparing for the next war, and that his diplomats' major function was to provide France with tactical or strategic advantages.<ref>James Nathan, "Force, Order, and Diplomacy in the Age of Louis XIV," ''Virginia Quarterly Review'' 1993 69(4): 633-649. Issn: 0042-675x Fulltext: [[Ebsco]]</ref>