Madame Dubarry, the King's Mistress
Author: Jean de La Hire
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Published: 1902
Total Pages: 216
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Author: Jean de La Hire
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Published: 1902
Total Pages: 216
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert Bruce Douglas
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Published: 1896
Total Pages: 404
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Author: Agnes Barron Baroness de Stoeckl
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Published: 1966
Total Pages: 218
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Hugh Noel Williams
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Published: 1904
Total Pages: 502
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKMadame Du Barry by Hugh Noel Williams, first published in 1909, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
Author: comtesse Jeanne Bécu Du Barry
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Published: 1896
Total Pages: 376
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jean de La Hire
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Published: 1901
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Hugh Noel Williams
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Published: 1910
Total Pages: 406
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tracy Adams
Publisher: Penn State Press
Published: 2020-03-24
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 0271086424
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKings throughout medieval and early modern Europe had extraconjugal sexual partners. Only in France, however, did the royal mistress become a quasi-institutionalized political position. This study explores the emergence and development of the position of French royal mistress through detailed portraits of nine of its most significant incumbents: Agnès Sorel, Anne de Pisseleu d’Heilly, Diane de Poitiers, Gabrielle d’Estrées, Françoise Louise de La Baume Le Blanc, Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Françoise d’Aubigné, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, and Jeanne Bécu. Beginning in the fifteenth century, key structures converged to create a space at court for the royal mistress. The first was an idea of gender already in place: that while women were legally inferior to men, they were men’s equals in competence. Because of their legal subordinacy, queens were considered to be the safest regents for their husbands, and, subsequently, the royal mistress was the surest counterpoint to the royal favorite. Second, the Renaissance was a period during which people began to experience space as theatrical. This shift to a theatrical world opened up new ways of imagining political guile, which came to be positively associated with the royal mistress. Still, the role had to be activated by an intelligent, charismatic woman associated with a king who sought women as advisors. The fascinating particulars of each case are covered in the chapters of this book. Thoroughly researched and compellingly narrated, this important study explains why the tradition of a politically powerful royal mistress materialized at the French court, but nowhere else in Europe. It will appeal to anyone interested in the history of the French monarchy, women and royalty, and gender studies.
Author: Jean De La Hire
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-07-13
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9780259873228
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from The Story of Madam Du Barry, the Mistress of a King Heretofore, no book upon the subject has been available to English readers, and this translation from a recent French work is designed to supply that want. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Jean De La Hire
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Published: 2016-08-28
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9781372844843
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