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The Creation of the French Royal Mistress : From Agnès Sorel to Madame Du Barry /
Kings throughout medieval and early modern Europe had extraconjugal sexual partners. Only in France, however, did the royal mistress become a quasi-institutionalized political position. This study explores the emergence and development of the position of French royal mistress through detailed portra...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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University Park, PA :
Penn State University Press,
[2021]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: What Was It About France?
- 1.The Beginning of a Tradition: Agnès Sorel
- 2. A Tradition Takes Hold: Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly
- 3. Diane de Poitiers: Epitome of the French Royal Mistress
- 4. Gabrielle d'Estrées: Never the Twain Shall Meet
- 5. The Mistresses of the Sun King: La Vallière, Montespan, Maintenon
- 6. Tearing the Veil: Pompadour and Du Barry
- Epilogue: Mistress-Queen and the End of a Tradition: Marie Antoinette
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index