Saint-Simon and the court of Louis XIV / Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, with the collaboration of Jean-Fra...
Saint-Simon and the court of Louis XIV / Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, with the collaboration of Jean-Fra...
Saint-Simon and the court of Louis XIV / Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, with the collaboration of Jean-Franois Fitou ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.
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Date
2001.
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N944.033/54
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English
French
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Physical content
ix, 432 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Saint-Simon in the Aura of le Roi Soleil and le Bien-Aime -- Pt. 1. The Court System -- 1. Hierarchy and Rank -- 2. The Sacred and the Profane -- 3. The Pure and the Impure -- 4. Cabals, Lineages, and Power -- 5. Saint-Simonian Demography and Female Hypergamy -- 6. Renouncers and Jesui...
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2001.
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"The Duke of Saint-Simon (1675-1755) was by all accounts, including his own, a sensitive, self-obsessed, ill-tempered man. A courtier and phenomenal chronicler of court life under Louis XIV, he produced the monumental work Memoirs, running to thousands of pages, in which the intrigues, personalities, activities, and gossip of life at Versailles are...
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Saint-Simon and the court of Louis XIV / Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, with the collaboration of Jean-Franois Fitou ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-408) and index.
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Translated from the French.
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N944.033/54
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0226473201
9780226473208
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944.033
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991013918229702626
