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The Secret Wife of Louis XIV

Author : Veronica Buckley
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0374158304
Total Pages : 557 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Wife of Louis XIV written by Veronica Buckley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Françoise d’Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon and secret wife of the Sun King, Louis XIV, was born in a bleak French prison in 1635, her father a condemned traitor and murderer, her mother the warden’s seduced daughter. A timely pardon and a hopeful Caribbean colonial venture failed to mend the family’s fortunes, and Françoise was reduced to begging in the streets. Yet, armed with beauty, intellect, and shrewd judgment, she was to make her way to the center of power at Versailles, the most opulent and ambitious court in all Europe. At fifteen, she was married off to the forty-two-year-old satirical poet Paul Scarron, a former roué now grievously deformed by rheumatism—“a sort of human Z,” as he described himself. Despite his ailments, Scarron presided over the liveliest and most scandalous literary salon in Paris, and Françoise quickly became its most prized ornament. After Scarron’s death, she enjoyed a merry widowhood in the fashionable Marais district, in the company of the courtesan Ninon de Lenclos and the King’s splendid mistress, Athénaïs de Montespan, who made the young widow governess to her brood of illegitimate children. The appointment transformed Françoise’s life, but was fatal to the temperamental Athénaïs herself, with the King soon turning his attentions to the graceful governess. Françoise was raised to the nobility as Madame de Maintenon—and, unofficially, “Madame de Maintenant,” the lady of the moment. The acclaimed biographer Veronica Buckley traces the extraordinary story of Françoise’s progress from pauper child to salonnière to the compromised position of Louis’s secret wife and uncrowned Queen. An absolute ruler, Louis turned away his many other mistresses to live with Françoise only, trusting her as his closest confidante and remaining in love with her for forty years. Sparkling with the irresistible wit of contemporary chroniclers such as Madame de Sévigné, this exactingly researched biography is a pinnacle of the form. In vibrant colors, The Secret Wife of Louis XIV paints a portrait of Europe in an age of violent change, and the Sun King’s France in the process of becoming its modern self.

Queen of Versailles

Author : Mark Bryant
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0228004322
Total Pages : 527 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Queen of Versailles written by Mark Bryant and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2020-10-22 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the life and court career of Madame de Maintenon. A study in queenship, it reveals how the dynamics of power and gender operated within the realms of early modern high politics, church-state affairs and international relations while providing unique insights into the Sun King and his court.

Louis XIV and Madame de Maintenon

Author : lady Charlotte Julia von Leyden Blennerhassett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Louis XIV and Madame de Maintenon written by lady Charlotte Julia von Leyden Blennerhassett and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Louis XIV and Madame De Maintenon

Author : Charlotte Julia L. von Blennerhassett
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781021743367
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (433 download)

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Download or read book Louis XIV and Madame De Maintenon written by Charlotte Julia L. von Blennerhassett and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in the early 1900s, this biography provides a detailed account of the relationship between King Louis XIV of France and his mistress, Madame de Maintenon. The author, Charlotte Julia Leyden von Blennerhassett, was a noted historian and scholar of French history, and her book offers a fascinating glimpse into the court life of Versailles during the 17th and 18th centuries. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Love and Louis XIV

Author : Antonia Fraser
Publisher : Anchor Canada
ISBN 13 : 0385672519
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (856 download)

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Download or read book Love and Louis XIV written by Antonia Fraser and published by Anchor Canada. This book was released on 2010-06-25 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The superb historian and biographer Antonia Fraser, author of Marie Antoinette, casts new light on the splendor and the scandals of the reign of Louis XIV in this dramatic, illuminating look at the women in his life. The self-proclaimed Sun King, Louis XIV ruled over the most glorious and extravagant court in seventeenth-century Europe. Now, Antonia Fraser goes behind the well-known tales of Louis’s accomplishments and follies, exploring in riveting detail his intimate relationships with women. The king’s mother, Anne of Austria, had been in a childless marriage for twenty-two years before she gave birth to Louis XIV. A devout Catholic, she instilled in her son a strong sense of piety and fought successfully for his right to absolute power. In 1660, Louis married his first cousin, Marie-Thérèse, in a political arrangement. While unfailingly kind to the official Queen of Versailles, Louis sought others to satisfy his romantic and sexual desires. After a flirtation with his sister-in-law, his first important mistress was Louise de La Vallière, who bore him several children before being replaced by the tempestuous and brilliant Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan. Later, when Athénaïs’s reputation was tarnished, the King continued to support her publicly as Athénaïs left court for a life of repentance. Meanwhile her children’s governess, the intelligent and seemingly puritanical Françoise de Maintenon, had already won the King’s affections; in a relationship in complete contrast to his physical obsession with Athénaïs, Louis XIV lived happily with Madame de Maintenon for the rest of his life, very probably marrying her in secret. When his grandson’s child bride, the enchanting Adelaide of Savoy, came to Versaille she lightened the King’s last years – until tragedy struck. With consummate skill, Antonia Fraser weaves insights into the nature of women’s religious lives – as well as such practical matters as contraception – into her magnificent, sweeping portrait of the king, his court, and his ladies.

Dialogues and Addresses

Author : Madame de Maintenon
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226502406
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book Dialogues and Addresses written by Madame de Maintenon and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born Françoise d'Aubigné, a criminal's daughter reduced to street begging as a child, Madame de Maintenon (1653-1719) made an improbable rise from impoverished beginnings to the summit of power as the second, secret wife of Louis XIV. An educational reformer, Maintenon founded and directed the celebrated academy for aristocratic women at Saint-Cyr. This volume presents the dialogues and addresses in which Maintenon explains her controversial philosophy of education for women. Denounced by her contemporaries as a political schemer and religious fanatic, Maintenon has long been criticized as an opponent of gender equality. The writings in this volume faithfully reflect Maintenon's respect for social hierarchy and her stoic call for women to accept the duties of their state in life. But the writings also echo Maintenon's more feminist concerns: the need to redefine the virtues in the light of women's experience, the importance of naming the constraints on women's freedom, and the urgent need to remedy the scandalous neglect of the education of women. In her writings as well as in her own model school at Saint-Cyr, Maintenon embodies the demand for educational reform as the key to the empowerment of women at the dawn of modernity.

Madame de Maintenon

Author : C. C. Dyson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Madame de Maintenon written by C. C. Dyson and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

LOUIS XIV & MADAME DE MAINTENO

Author : Charlotte Julia Von Leyd Blennerhassett
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781372576478
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (764 download)

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Download or read book LOUIS XIV & MADAME DE MAINTENO written by Charlotte Julia Von Leyd Blennerhassett and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Louis XIV and Madame de Maintenon

Author : Charlotte Julia Leyd Von Blennerhassett
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781359939449
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Louis XIV and Madame de Maintenon written by Charlotte Julia Leyd Von Blennerhassett and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Queen of Versailles

Author : Mark Bryant
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0228004314
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Queen of Versailles written by Mark Bryant and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2020-10-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the life and court career of Madame de Maintenon. A study in queenship, it reveals how the dynamics of power and gender operated within the realms of early modern high politics, church-state affairs and international relations while providing unique insights into the Sun King and his court.

Madame de Maintenon

Author : Walter Bennett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Madame de Maintenon written by Walter Bennett and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Correspondence of Madame, Princess Palatine

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book The Correspondence of Madame, Princess Palatine written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Madame de Maintenon

Author : Veronica Buckley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408860236
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Madame de Maintenon written by Veronica Buckley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Françoise d'Aubigné, born in a bleak provincial prison, her father a condemned murderer and traitor to the state, rose from the depths of poverty to life at the vortex of power at Versailles. Married at fifteen to a tragically disfigured and scandalously popular poet, in his salon Françoise encountered all the brilliant characters of the seventeenth century's glitterati. After her husband's death, she led the life of a merry widow in the colourful Marais quarter of Paris, before becoming governess to the King's growing brood of royal bâtards. This is the extraordinary story of one woman's daring journey from beggar-girl, West Indian colonist and salonnière to royal mistress and thence, in secret, to the compromised position of Louis' uncrowned Queen. Through the rags-to-riches tale of the marquise de Maintenon, Veronica Buckley reveals every layer of the vibrant and shocking world that was France in the age of Louis XIV.

Madame De Maintenon, a Memoir

Author : Walter Bennett
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781020070297
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Madame De Maintenon, a Memoir written by Walter Bennett and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The memoirs of Madame de Maintenon, a prominent figure in the court of King Louis XIV, described by the author Walter Bennett. The book provides insights into the life of this influential woman, her relationships with the elite of the time, and her impact on French society and culture. Readers interested in French history and the royal court will enjoy reading this memoir. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

King of the World

Author : Philip Mansel
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022669092X
Total Pages : 669 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 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.

Quid Est Secretum?

Author : Ralph Dekoninck
Publisher : Intersections
ISBN 13 : 9789004432253
Total Pages : 734 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (322 download)

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Download or read book Quid Est Secretum? written by Ralph Dekoninck and published by Intersections. This book was released on 2020 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Quid est secretum? Visual Representation of Secrets in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1700 is the companion volume to Intersections 65.1, Quid est sacramentum? Visual Representation of Sacred Mysteries in Early Modern Europe, 1400-1700. Whereas the latter volume focused on sacramental mysteries, the current one examines a wider range of secret subjects. The book examines how secret knowledge was represented visually in ways that both revealed and concealed the true nature of that knowledge, giving and yet impeding access to it. In the early modern period, the discursive and symbolical sites for the representation of secrets were closely related to epistemic changes that transformed conceptions of the transmissibility of knowledge"--éd.

Status Interaction During the Reign of Louis XIV

Author : Giora Sternberg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199640343
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 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.