La Place Louis XV from the old regime to the revolution : king and people in the Parisian royal square /
The Place Louis XV was the last royal square built in Paris. This book tells the story of its design, construction, use and political symbolism, to argue that this royal square was a contested space, where the intended celebration of monarchical power was ridiculed, challenged and eventually displac...
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| Language: | English |
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press on behalf of Voltaire Foundation,
[2025].
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| Series: | Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment ;
2025:08. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: King and Public in Eighteenth-Century Paris
- Chapter 1. Majestic and Burlesque: The Parisian Royal Square Before 1748
- Chapter 2. In the Heart of the City: Projects for the New Place Louis XV, 1748-1749
- Chapter 3. Money, Love, and the Emergence of a Concerned Citizenry
- Chapter 4. A King in the Fields: Designing the Place Louis XV
- Chapter 5. Constructing and Celebrating the Place Louis XV
- Chapter 6. The Place Louis XV from Old Regime to the Revolution.