The Representation of War and Royal Power under French Absolute Monarchy

这个研究项目的科学目的包括揭示路易十四统治时期的战争和王权的形象及其在社会上的传播。为了达到这个目的，我研究了法学家关于正义战争和法国君主制合法性的作品，城堡、建筑、绘画和雕塑等艺术作品中国王和战争的形象，以及这些形象的传播分析皇家年鉴。在法学家关于王权的争论中，他们将国王定义为唯一可以宣战和指挥军队的人。他们还运用正义战争理论，坚持战争的历史合法性和法国的地理认同。这些国王的形象表现在凡尔赛宫等城堡、绘画、雕塑以及胜利广场、路易广场、圣德尼大门、圣马丁门等国王的生活空间中。这些图像也通过许多包含解释它们的文本的雕刻来表现和传播。在《皇家年鉴》等面向大众的版画中，赞美国王和战胜敌人是非常重要的主题。特别是，战争是最重要的，因为在战争的表现中，历书的作者强调了法国的合法性。皇家年鉴是王权宣传的工具。在路易十四统治时期，战争对王权的表现是不可或缺的。战争胜利的炫耀和敌人的代表在创造王室荣耀和国王权威方面发挥了重要作用。

The scientific aim of this research project consists of revealing the images of war and royal power under the reign of Louis XIV and its diffusion to the society. To accomplish this aim, I have done a research about the works of conseillers-legists concerning just war and legitimacy of French monarchy, the images of king and war in the artistic works such as castles, architectures, paintings and sculptures, and the diffusion of such images analyzing Royal Almanacs.In the arguments of legists about royal power, they defined the king as only person who could declare the war and conduct the army. Using the theory of just war, they also insisted the historical legitimacy of war and geographical identification of France. These images of king were represented in the living spaces of king such as Versailles and other castles, paintings, sculptures and the monuments such as Place des Victoires, Place de Louis Le Grand Porte Saint-Denis, Porte Saint-Martin, etc. These images were also represented and diffused by many engravings which contained the texts explaining them.Admiration of king and the victories over enemy was very important subjects in the engravings for population such as Royal Almanacs. Especially, war was the most important because in the representation of war, authors of Almanacs stressed the legitimacy of France. Royal Almanacs functioned as the tool which made propaganda of royal power.In the reign of Louis XIV, war was indispensable to the representation of royal power. The show-off of victories at war and the representation of enemy played a important role in the creation of the royal glory and the authority of king.