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

The Creation of the French Royal Mistress : : From Agnès Sorel to Madame Du Barry / / Christine Adams, Tracy Adams.

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Adams, Tracy,
Adams, Christine,
Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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