Question: Who wrote a work that described European history until the dawn of the age of the longest serving monarch in European history?
Related documents: [0]  [DOC] Louis XIV (5 September 16381 September 1715), known as Louis the Great ("Louis le Grand ") or the Sun King ("le Roi Soleil "), was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who reigned as King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign country in European history. In the age of absolutism in Europe, Louis XIV's France was a leader in the growing centralization of power. [END] 
[1]  [DOC] Essai sur les mœurs et l'esprit des nations ("Essay on Universal History, the Manners, and Spirit of Nations") is a work by the French writer, historian, and philosopher Voltaire, published for the first time in 1756. It discusses the history of Europe before Charlemagne until the dawn of the age of Louis XIV, also addressing the colonies and the East. [END] 
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Voltaire
Voltaire