Saint-Simon and the Court of Louis XIV
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Saint-Simon and the Court of Louis XIV by Le Roy Ladurieemmanuel
Drawing on the work of the Duke of Saint-Simon (1675-1755), "Memoirs", Le Roy Ladurie offers a portrait of life under Louis XIV, focusing on the fundamental issues of hierarchy and rank in a tightly controlled setting. Using a range of tools, such as ethnography, history, literary criticism and histography, this is a historical essay about court life, a world in which man is born unequal, a world circumscribed by purity of bloodline, which nonetheless directly preceded the birth of democratic thought and political action. This book is not only about Saint-Simon's place in the court at Versailles but also about the court itself and how it forces us to re-evaluate political life in France during the Old Regime.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780226473208 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226473201 |
| Title | Saint-Simon and the Court of Louis XIV |
| Author | Le Roy Ladurieemmanuel |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 2001-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 444 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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