The Xviiith Century Its Institutions Customs And Costumes

Author : Paul LaCroix
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333104948
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book The Xviiith Century, Its Institutions, Customs, and Costumes written by Paul LaCroix and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Xviiith Century, Its Institutions, Customs, and Costumes: France, 1700-1789 The favourable reception accorded to M. Paul Lacroix's studies of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, has induced us to ask him to bring his work down to an epoch nearer to our own, so as to obtain a complete picture of French society from its origin, and that of the Monarchy, down to the date of 1789, which ushered in a new order {of things. O'mitting the general facts of history, properly so called. And the numerous incidents of war and politics which would have required a 'larger scope, the author has confined his labours to the consideration of manners, customs public and private, costume, arts, sciences, and literature; and this picturesque and descriptive kind of history seems of a nature to satisfy that justifiable curiosity which characterizes the present epoch, bringing before us as it does a past, the study of which, in all its varied phases, will help us to form a judgment of the present. 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.