The Creation of the French Royal Mistress - From Agnès Sorel to Madame Du Barry

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 regime.

About the author

Tracy Adams is Professor of French in the School of Cultures, Languages and Linguistics at the University of Auckland. She is the author of three books, including Christine de Pizan and the Fight for France, also published by Penn State University Press.Christine Adams is Professor of History at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. She is the author or coeditor of four books, including A Taste for Comfort and Status: A Bourgeois Family in Eighteenth-Century France, also published by Penn State University Press.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Christine Adams, Christine (Professor of History Adams, Tracy Adams, Tracy (Professor of French Adams, Adams Tracy
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.03.2020
• EAN: 9780271085975
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08597-5
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 476 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; France, European History, HISTORY / Europe / France, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, HISTORY / Women, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, 15th century, c 1400 to c 1499, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Gender studies: women and girls, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 1700 To C 1800