Download or read book Memoirs for the History of Madame de Maintenon and of the Last Age Translated from the French by the Author of The Female Quixote In Five Volumes written by Laurent Angliviel de La Beaumelle and published by . This book was released on 1757 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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:
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.
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.
Download or read book Memoire for the History of Madame de Maintenon and of the Last Age written by Laurent Angliviel de La Beaumelle and published by . This book was released on 1757 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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:
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 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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.
Download or read book Madame de Maintenon written by Emily Bowles and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Madame de Maintenon Her Life and Times 1635 1719 written by C C Dyson 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: This engaging biography chronicles the life of Françoise d'Aubigné, better known as Madame de Maintenon. From her humble beginnings to her rise as Louis XIV's second wife, Dyson offers a fascinating portrait of a remarkable woman. 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.
Download or read book Memoire for the History of Madame de Maintenon and of the Last Age written by Laurent Angliviel de La Beaumelle and published by . This book was released on 1757 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Memoirs for the History of Madame de Maintenon and of the Last Age written by Laurent Angliviel de La Beaumelle and published by . This book was released on 1757 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Secret Wife of Louis XIV written by Veronica Buckley and published by Picador. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, was born in a French prison in 1635, her father a condemned traitor and murderer, her mother the warden's seduced daughter. 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. Sparkling with irresistible wit, fine detail, and novelistic sweep, this exactingly researched biography is a pinnacle of the form.
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.
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.
Download or read book Madame de Maintenon written by Madeleine Marie Saint-René Taillandier 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: Ce livre est consacré à Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, épouse secrète de Louis XIV et une figure clé de la cour de Versailles. L'auteur explore sa vie, de son enfance difficile à sa rencontre avec le roi, en passant par sa carrière d'éducatrice et sa prise de position dans la querelle janséniste. Un portrait complexe et nuancé de l'une des femmes les plus influentes de l'époque de Louis XIV. 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.
Download or read book Memoirs for the History of Madame de Maintenon and of the Last Age written by Laurent Angliviel de La Beaumelle and published by . This book was released on 1597 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
