La Grande Mademoiselle at the Court of France

La Grande Mademoiselle at the Court of France

Author: Vincent Joseph Pitts

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9780801864667

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Viewed through her writings, the events of Mademoiselle's life offer a unique perspective on several aspects of seventeenth-century France: the evolution of the Bourbon monarchy over the course of the century, the dynamics of aristocratic resistance to the centralizing power of the state, and the debate over the role of women in public and private life.


The Triumph of Pleasure

The Triumph of Pleasure

Author: Georgia Cowart

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2008-12-15

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 0226116387

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With a particular focus on the court ballet, comedy-ballet, opera, and opera-ballet, Georgia J. Cowart tells the long-neglected story of how the festive arts deployed an intricate network of subversive satire to undermine the rhetoric of sovereign authority.


La Grande Mademoiselle, 1627-1652

La Grande Mademoiselle, 1627-1652

Author: Arvède Barine

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-09-04

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13:

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "La Grande Mademoiselle, 1627-1652" by Arvède Barine. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.


The Perilous Crown

The Perilous Crown

Author: Munro Price

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Published: 2010-12-10

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13: 033053937X

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Was it inevitable that France should become a republic? In this fascinating account of the period 1814-48, Munro Price attempts to answer this most difficult of questions. Using substantial unpublished research as he did in his celebrated The Fall of the French Monarchy, Price focuses on the amazing political machinations of Madame Adelaide, sister of King Louis Philippe. Though only mentioned rarely in other histories of the time, The French Revolutions shows how her intelligence and behind the scenes wrangling secured her brother the throne, thereby creating France's only long lasting experiment with a constitutional monarchy. Munro Price vividly brings the period alive with all its instability and political intrigue, while at the same time illuminating our understanding of a difficult and tumultuous time. The French Revolutions is an ambitious, exciting and masterful work of history that is sure to delight and inform for many years to come.


Against Marriage

Against Marriage

Author: Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans, Duchesse de Montpensier

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2007-11-01

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 0226534936

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In seventeenth-century France, aristocratic women were valued by their families as commodities to be married off in exchange for money, social advantage, or military alliance. Once married, they became legally subservient to their husbands. The duchesse de Montpensier—a first cousin of Louis XIV—was one of very few exceptions, thanks to the vast wealth she inherited from her mother, who died shortly after Montpensier was born. She was also one of the few politically powerful women in France at the time to have been an accomplished writer. In the daring letters presented in this bilingual edition, Montpensier condemns the alliance system of marriage, proposing instead to found a republic that she would govern, "a corner of the world in which . . . women are their own mistresses," and where marriage and even courtship would be outlawed. Her pastoral utopia would provide medical care and vocational training for the poor, and all the homes would have libraries and studies, so that each woman would have a "room of her own" in which to write books. Joan DeJean's lively introduction and accessible translation of Montpensier's letters—four previously unpublished—allow us unprecedented access to the courageous voice of this extraordinary woman.


Monsieur. Second Sons in the Monarchy of France, 1550–1800

Monsieur. Second Sons in the Monarchy of France, 1550–1800

Author: Jonathan Spangler

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-11-28

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1000482901

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For the first time, this volume brings together the history of the royal spare in the monarchy of early modern France, those younger brothers of kings known simply as ‘Monsieur’. Ranging from the Wars of Religion to the French Revolution, this comparative study examines the frustrations of four royal princes whose proximity to their older brothers gave them vast privileges and great prestige, but also placed severe limitations on their activities and aspirations. Each chapter analyses a different aspect of the lives of François, duke of Alençon, Gaston, duke of Orléans, Philippe, duke of Orléans and Louis-Stanislas, count of Provence, starting with their birth and education, their marriages and political careers, and their search for alternative expressions of power through the patronage of the arts, architecture and learning. By comparing these four lives, a powerful image emerges of a key development in the institution of modern monarchy: the transformation of the rebellious, politically ambitious prince into the loyal defender – even in disagreement – of the Crown and of the older brother who wore it. This volume is the perfect resource for all students and scholars interested in the history of France, monarchy, early modern state building and court studies.