Paul M. Sonnino

revised 3/10/2016 Paul M. Sonnino BA University of California at Los Angeles, Cum Laude , Phi Beta Kappa (1952) M.A. University of California at Los Angeles (1953) U.S. Army, 1953-1955 Ph.D University of California at Los Angeles (1964) Articles and Essays “Let Us Go Back to the Constitution,” (translation of S. Sonnino’s “Ritorniamo allo Statuto “ Europe in the Nineteenth Century, edited by E.N. Anderson (1961). “The Dating and Authorship of Louis XIV’s Mémoires” French Historical Studies, Vol. III, no. 3 (1964) , pp. 303-337. “The Sun King’s Anti-Machiavel,” in Louis XIV and the Craft of Kingship, edited by J.C. Rule (Columbus, Ohio State University Press, , 1968) pp. 345-361. “Louis XIV’s Writings for the Period 1670-1679.” Yearbook of the American Philosophical Society (1970) pp. 514-515. “Louis XIV’s Mémoires pour l’histoire de la guerre de Hollande” French Historical Studies, Vol. VIII (1973), no. 1, pp. 29-50. “Jean Racine and the Eloge Historique de Louis XIV, Canadian Journal of History, Vol. VIII, no. 3 ( 1973) pp. 185-194. “Arnauld de Pomponne, Louis XIV’s Minister for Foreign Affairs during the Dutch War Proceedings of the Western Society for French History, Vol. I (1974) pp. 49-60. “Hugues de Lionne and the Origins of the Dutch War,” Proceedings of the Western Society for French History, Vol. IV (1976) pp. 68-78. “Louis XIV and the Dutch War,” in Louis XIV and Europe, edited by R. M. Hatton, (London, Macmillan, 1976) pp. 155-178. “Jean Baptiste Colbert and the Origins of the Dutch War,” European Studies Review, Vol. XIII (1983) pp. 1-11. “ Marshal de Turenne and the Origins of the Dutch War,” Studies in History and Politics, Vol. IV (1985) pp. 123- 134. “Art as an Historical Source in the Reign of Louis XIV,” Nouvelles de la république des lettres (1981) pp. 181-184. “The Origins of Louis XIV’s Wars,” in The Origins of War in Early Modern Europe, edited by Jeremy Black (Edinburgh, John Donald, 1987) pp. 112-131. “Eloge historique d’Andrew Lossky,” Proceedings of the Western Society for French History, Vol. XVII (1990) pp. 30-35 (Commemorative speech on the presentation of The Reign of Louis XIV to Andrew Lossky ). “On the Trail of the Iron Mask: The Candidacy of Claude Imbert, ” Proceedings of the Western Society for French History Vol. XIX pp. 261-272 “Les Paysans de Languedoc: Twenty- Seven Years Later,” Proceedings of the Western Society for French History, Vol. XXI (1994) pp. 293-300. “Louvois” and “Vauban” in Reader’s Companion to Military History edited . by Robert Cowley and Geoffrey Parker (Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin 1996). “Prelude to the Fronde: The French Delegation at the Peace of Westphalia” in Der Westfälische Friede edited by Heinz Duchhardt (Munich, Oldenbourg Press, 1998) pp. 217-233. (also in Historische Zeitschrift Beiheft 26) "Une documentation clé sur le congrès de Westphalie: Les papiers de Servien aux archives des Affaires étrangères" in L'Europe des traités de Westphalie, edited by Lucien Bély and Isabelle Richefort (Paris Presses Universitaires de France, 2000) pp. 527-535. "From D'Avaux to dévot: Politics and Religion in the Thirty Years War,” History , Vol. LXXXVII no 286 (April 2002), pp. 192-203. "What Kind of An Idea is the Idea of Balance of Power?” (in The Transformation of European Politics 1763-1848: Episode or Model in Modern History? (Münster, Hamburg, London, LIT Verlag . 2002) Forschungen zur Geschichte der Neuzeit, Maburger Beiträge, vol. V. “A Young Person’s Guide to Postmodernism”, Praesidium: A Journal of Literatea and Literary Analysis 4.2 (Spring 2004) , pp. 22-32, also on the web at [email protected] “The Dating o f Richelieu’s Political Testament French History , Vol. XIX (2005) pp. 262-272 “Louis XIV’s Religious Policy and his guerre de hollande ,” in Papes, princes et savants dans l’Europe Moderne, Mélanges à la mémoire de Bruno Neveu, ed. Jean-Louis Quantin and Jean-Claude Waquet (Geneva and Paris, Droz , 2006) pp. 191-200 “Civilians in the Thirty Years War,” (coauthored with Tryntje Helfferich) in Civilians in War ed. Linda and Marsha Frey (Greenwood , 2007) “Dieu et Diplomatie dans l’esprit de Mazarin,” Revue d’histoire diplomatique Vol CXXI :3 (Oct-Dec 2007) 193- 204) “Torah, Torah, Torah: The Authorship of the Pentateuch in Ancient and Early Modern Times,” in Rhetoric of Power in Late Antiquity, ec. Robert M. Frakes, Elizabeth de Palma Digeser, and Justin Stevens (London and New York, 2010, pp. 241-275 « BULL IN A CHINA SHOP » Response to Hamish Scott’s review of Mazarin’s Quest H-HRE H-Net on line, June 2010 “The Three Testaments of Cardinal Mazarin,” French Historical Studies, Vol. XXXVII, no. 3 (Summer 2014), 421-436. “Une Grande Mazarinade Avortée par la Paix des Pyrénées,” in La Paix des Pyrénées (1659) ou le triomphe de la raison politique, ed. Lucien Bé ly, Bernard Haan, and Setéphane Jerront (Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2015). 153-165. “Richelieu Testament Politique” in Dictionnaire Richelieu, ed. Françoise Hildesheimer and Dénes Harai (Paris, Chamption, 2015), 357-358 Books and Editions Louis XIV’s View of the Papacy: 1661-1667, (University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1966). University of California Publications in History, Vol.. LXXIX 3 (Summer 2014). 421-436 Louis XIV: Mémoires for the Instruction of the Dauphin, (Macmillan-Free Press, London and New York, 1970). Frederick of Prussia’s Anti-Machiavel (Ohio University Press, Athens Ohio 1981) Louis XIV and the Origins of the Dutch War (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK 1988). Sonnino CV revised 3/10/2016 page 2 The Reign of Louis XIV. Essays in Celebration of Andrew Lossky, coedited with William Roosen, John C. Rule, Charlie R. Steen (Humanities Press, New Jersey 1990). The Prince by Niccoló Machiavelli (Humanities Press. New Jersey 1995). Mazarin’s Quest: The Congress of Westphalia and the Coming of the Fronde (Harvard University Press,Cambridge Mass 2008) The Search for the Man in the Iron Mask: A Historical Detective Story, (Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Boulder, New York, London, 2016) Reviews and Review Essays The Massacre of St. Bartholomew and the European Conflict: 1559-1572, by N.M. Sutherland, The Historian, Vol. XXXVI, no. 3, (1974) pp. 539-540. Les Assemblées du clergé et Louis XIV de 1670 à 1693 by Pierre Blet, Reviews in European History, Vol. I (1974) no. 3, pp. 319-322. War, Diplomacy, and Imperialism: 1618-1763 by Geoffrey Symcox, The History Teacher, Vol. VIII, no. 3 (1975) pp. 489-490. The Formation of National States in Western Europe, edited by Charles Tilly, The Historian, Vol. XXXVIII, no. 2 (1977)pp. 339-340. The Transformation of Europe, 1558-1648, by Charles Wilson, The History Teacher, Vol. X, no. 3 (1977) pp. 468- 469. L’État et la mendicité dans la première moitié du XVIIIè siècle: Auvergne, Beaujolais, Forez, Lyonnais, by Jean- Pierre Gutton, The Eighteenth Century: A Current Bibliography, no. 1 (1978) pp. 52-53. The Structure and Form of the French Enlightenment, by Ira O. Wade, The History Teacher, Vol. XII, no. 1 (1978) pp. 137-138. “Marxism for Mystics,” (Review Essay of of Raimondo Luraghi’s Rise and Fall of the Plantation South coauthored with Rick Sturdevant) Plantation Society, Vol. I, no. 2 (1979) pp. 281-286 . Prince Eugene of Savoy by Derek McKay, The Historian, Vol. XLII, no. 1 (1979) pp. 145-146 Ideas in Seventeenth Century France, by Edward John Kearns, The History Teacher, Vol. XIV, no. 1 (1980) p. 155 Printed Propaganda under Louis XIV: Absolute Monarchy and Public Opinion by Joseph Klaits, The Eighteenth Century A Current Bibliography (1981) pp. 44-45. The Parlement of Paris 1774-1789 by Bailey Stone, The History Teacher, Vol XV, no. 2, pp. 301-302 Science and Polity at the End of the Old Regime, by Charles Gillispie, The History Teacher, Vol. XV no. 3 (1982) p. 443. The King’s State: Proprietary Dynasticism in Early Modern France, by Herbert H. Rowen, The Historian, Vol. (1983) p. 249 The Philosophes and Post- Revolutionary France, by John Lough, The History Teacher, Vol. XVI, no. 4 (1983) pp. 466-467. The State, France, and the Sixteenth Century , by Howell A. Lloyd The History Teacher, Vol. XVII, no. 4, (1984) pp. 618-619. Sonnino CV revised 3/10/2016 page 3 Lay Culture, Learned Culture: Books and Social Change in Strasbourg 1480-1599 by Miriam Usher Chrisman The History Teacher, Vol. XVII, no. 2 (1984) pp. 305-306 The Lit de Justice of the Kings of France by Sarah Hanley, The History Teacher, Vol. XVIII no. 1 (1984) pp. 150- 151. Louvois by Andre Corvisier, Journal of Modern History, Vol. LVII, no. 1 (1985) pp. 131-132. Will and Circumstance: Montesquieu, Rousseau, and the French Revolution by Norman Hampson The History Teacher, Vol. XIX, no. 1, pp. 146-147. The Art of Diplomacy by Francois de Callières, edited by H.M.A. Keens-Soper and Karl Schweizer The History Teacher, Vol. XX, no. 1 (1986) pp. 122-123. An English Diplomat in the Low Countries: Sir William Temple and John De Witt, 1650-1672 by K.H.D. Haley, Albion, Vol. XIX, no. 2 (1987), pp. 244-246. Un Nouveau Colbert (Review essay) Rivista Storica Italiana, Vol. XCIX (1987), pp. 81-83. “A Non-Oedipal Rex in Early Modern France,” (Review essay of Elizabeth W. Marvick’s Louis XIII: The Making of a King The Psychohistory Review, Vol. XVI,no. 3 (1988) pp. 399-406 The Spanish Armada: The Experience of War in 1588 by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto Albion, Vol. 21, no. 3 (1989) pp. 488-490 The Counter Reformation Prince:Anti-Machiavellianism or Catholic Statecraft in Early Modern Europe by Robert Bireley, International History Review, Vol.

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