scholarly journals Comment (et pourquoi) parler de Révolution sous le Consulat : la Correspondance politique et confidentielle inédite de Louis XVI, par Helen Maria Williams

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Conte
Keyword(s):  
Helen Maria Williams ◽  
Louis Xvi

The Gallic Singularity and the Royal Mistress

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-66
Author(s):  
Christine Adams
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Political Power ◽  
The Political ◽  
Marie Antoinette ◽  
Louis Xvi ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Political Realm

The relationship of the French king and royal mistress, complementary but unequal, embodied the Gallic singularity; the royal mistress exercised a civilizing manner and the soft power of women on the king’s behalf. However, both her contemporaries and nineteenth- and early twentieth-century historians were uncomfortable with the mistress’s political power. Furthermore, paradoxical attitudes about French womanhood have led to analyses of her role that are often contradictory. Royal mistresses have simultaneously been celebrated for their civilizing effect in the realm of culture, chided for their frivolous expenditures on clothing and jewelry, and excoriated for their dangerous meddling in politics. Their increasing visibility in the political realm by the eighteenth century led many to blame Louis XV’s mistresses—along with Queen Marie-Antoinette, who exercised a similar influence over her husband, Louis XVI—for the degradation and eventual fall of the monarchy. This article reexamines the historiography of the royal mistress.

L'opéra-comique à la Cour de Louis XVI

1985 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 221-228
Author(s):  
Corinne Pré
Keyword(s):  
Louis Xvi

Un poème grec sur la mort de Louis XVI

1891 ◽  
Vol 4 (13) ◽  
pp. 86-88
Author(s):  
Théodore Reinach
Keyword(s):  
Louis Xvi

La prévoyance sociale dans la région lilloise sous Louis XVI

Revue du Nord ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 71 (282) ◽  
pp. 723-736 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Trénard
Keyword(s):  
Louis Xvi

Louis XVI architecte : la Pavillon Triveau à Meudon

1989 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-85
Author(s):  
Fabienne Cirio
Keyword(s):  
Louis Xvi
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