Louis Xiv

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   7:53How Louis XIV's courts supplied galley laborNotable Point
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   36:42French prizes shaped Royal Navy ship namesNotable Point
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   1:23:02Huguenot departures stripped senior expertise from the French NavyNotable Point
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   1:23:18Captured Louis XIV names gave Royal Navy fleets a pointed messageQ&A
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   2:21:33How Louis XIV provoked another coalition over the Spanish successionNotable Point
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   8:31Forests as strategic naval resourcesNotable Point
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   1:20:54Louis XIV is the leading candidate for the most namesake warshipsQ&A
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   15:14Prince Eugene from rejected French applicant to Habsburg commanderChapter
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   1:06:09Huguenot migration and naval talentNotable Point
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    10:00Why the Messina revolt drew Dutch and Spanish fleets togetherChapter
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    26:39Louis XIV turns inheritance clauses into a war aimChapter
12. Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)7 Jan 2021
    35:14Louis XIV tries to separate the Dutch from their alliesNotable Point
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    5:20The Dutch invasion of 1688 and an English fleet that did not fightChapter
14. An Introduction to the Battle of Texel (1673)20 Aug 2020
    9:54The political road to the Third Anglo-Dutch WarChapter
15. An Introduction to the Battle of Texel (1673)20 Aug 2020
    35:42French restraint and Spragge's vendettaChapter
16. 2 minute: Battle of Texel20 Aug 2020
    1:22French caution under Louis XIV's ordersNotable Point