Richelieu's Desmarets and the century of Louis XIV /

Jean Desmarets was a late Renaissance "universal man"--First Chancellor and founder-member of the Academie-Francaise, last jester of the French royal and star performer in ballets novelist. This book examines Desmarets career and questions some of the common misconceptions about the period

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hall, H. Gaston
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1990.
Subjects:	Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, Jean, > 1595-1676. Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, > duc de, > 1585-1642 > Friends and associates. Académie française > History. Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, > duc de, > 1585-1642 > Amis et relations. Académie française > Histoire. Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, Jean, > 1595-1676 Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, > duc de, > 1585-1642 Académie française Authors, French > 17th century > Biography. France > Court and courtiers > Biography. France > History > Louis XIV, 1643-1715. Performing arts > France > History > 17th century. Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of. Écrivains français > 17e siècle > Biographies. Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes. Arts du spectacle > France > Histoire > 17e siècle. France > Histoire > 1643-1715 (Louis XIV) France > Cour et courtisans > Biographies. Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of Authors, French Courts and courtiers Friendship Performing arts France Fictie. Frans. 1600-1715 France > Social life, 1643-1715 - Biographies Electronic books. Biographies History
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by Hall, H. Gaston
Published 1990

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