Court Of Louis Xiv

Author : Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226473208
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saint-Simon and the Court of Louis XIV written by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2001-07 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Duke of Saint-Simon (1675-1755) was a self-obsessed courtier and chronicler of court life under Louis XIV. Drawing heavily on his memoirs, historian Ladurie offers a wonderful portrait of life with Louis, focusing on issues of hierarchy and rank in this tightly controlled universe. Illustrations.

Author : Philip Mansel
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300106978
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dressed to Rule written by Philip Mansel and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history rulers have used clothes as a form of legitimization and propaganda. While palaces, pictures, and jewels might reflect the choice of a monarch’s predecessors or advisers, clothes reflected the preferences of the monarch himself. Being both personal and visible, the right costume at the right time could transform and define a monarch’s reputation. Many royal leaders have known this, from Louis XIV to Catherine the Great and from Napoleon I to Princess Diana. This intriguing book explores how rulers have sought to control their image through their appearance. Mansel shows how individual styles of dress throw light on the personalities of particular monarchs, on their court system, and on their ambitions. The book looks also at the economics of the costume industry, at patronage, at the etiquette involved in mourning dress, and at the act of dressing itself. Fascinating glimpses into the lives of European monarchs and contemporary potentates reveal the intimate connection between power and the way it is packaged.

Author : Philip Mansel
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022669092X
Total Pages : 669 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King of the World written by Philip Mansel and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louis XIV was a man in pursuit of glory. Not content to be the ruler of a world power, he wanted the power to rule the world. And, for a time, he came tantalizingly close. Philip Mansel’s King of the World is the most comprehensive and up-to-date biography in English of this hypnotic, flawed figure who continues to captivate our attention. This lively work takes Louis outside Versailles and shows the true extent of his global ambitions, with stops in London, Madrid, Constantinople, Bangkok, and beyond. We witness the importance of his alliance with the Spanish crown and his success in securing Spain for his descendants, his enmity with England, and his relations with the rest of Europe, as well as Asia, Africa, and the Americas. We also see the king’s effect on the two great global diasporas of Huguenots and Jacobites, and their influence on him as he failed in his brutal attempts to stop Protestants from leaving France. Along the way, we are enveloped in the splendor of Louis’s court and the fascinating cast of characters who prostrated and plotted within it. King of the World is exceptionally researched, drawing on international archives and incorporating sources who knew the king intimately, including the newly released correspondence of Louis’s second wife, Madame de Maintenon. Mansel’s narrative flair is a perfect match for this grand figure, and he brings the Sun King’s world to vivid life. This is a global biography of a global king, whose power was extensive but also limited by laws and circumstances, and whose interests and ambitions stretched far beyond his homeland. Through it all, we watch Louis XIV progressively turn from a dazzling, attractive young king to a belligerent reactionary who sets France on the path to 1789. It is a convincing and compelling portrait of a man who, three hundred years after his death, still epitomizes the idea of le grand monarque.

Author : James Eugene Farmer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 622 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Versailles and the Court Under Louis XIV written by James Eugene Farmer and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Louis de Rouvroy duc de Saint-Simon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency written by Louis de Rouvroy duc de Saint-Simon and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Eugene Farmer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 447 pages
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Download or read book Versailles and the Court Under Louis XIV written by James Eugene Farmer and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Miss Pardoe (Julia)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Louis the Fourteenth, and the Court of France in the seventeenth century written by Miss Pardoe (Julia) and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : JAMES EUGENE. FARMER
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781033537480
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book VERSAILLES AND THE COURT UNDER LOUIS XIV written by JAMES EUGENE. FARMER and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Georgia Cowart
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226116387
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Triumph of Pleasure written by Georgia Cowart and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-12-15 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Giora Sternberg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199640343
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Status Interaction During the Reign of Louis XIV written by Giora Sternberg and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies the way in which status symbols operated as a key tool for defining and redefining identities, relations, and power in the hierarchical world of Louis XIV's court.