Protestant Exiles from France/Book First - Chapter 7
Chapter VII.
REFUGEES DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE REIGN OF LOUIS XIV.
The reign of Louis XIV. over France and Navarre began on 14th May 1643, and continued until 1st September 1715. We may therefore say that the period between his accession and the first year of the dragonnades (1681) was the first half of his reign. If we calculate his reign from his accession, the period is rather more than a half; it is rather less than a half if we begin with the year (1651) when he was declared to be of age.