The creation of the French royal mistress from Agnès Sorel to Madame Du Barry
Introduction : what was it about France? -- The beginning of a tradition : Agnès Sorel -- A tradition takes hold : Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly -- Diane de Poitiers : epitome of the Frech royal mistress -- Gabrielle d'Estrées : never the twain shall meet -- The mistresses of the Sun King : La...
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University Park, Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania State University Press
2020
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction : what was it about France? -- The beginning of a tradition : Agnès Sorel -- A tradition takes hold : Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly -- Diane de Poitiers : epitome of the Frech royal mistress -- Gabrielle d'Estrées : never the twain shall meet -- The mistresses of the Sun King : La Vallière, Montespan, Maintenon -- Tearing the veil : Pompadour and Du Barry -- Epilogue : mistress-queen and the end of a tradition : Marie Antoinette. "Explores the sociogenesis and development of the French royal mistress, examining the careers of nine of the most significant holders of that title between 1444 and the final years of the ancien régime"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xii, 236 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9780271085975 978-0-271-08597-5 |