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... laide of Savoy, duchesse of Bourgogne, who could "do no wrong" before King Louis XIV of France "because she diverted him." One evening, the King and his mistress came to chat with her one evening before a play. ... s dress.--Duc de Saint-Simon, The Age of Magnificence: Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV 84
(Sanche de Gramont ed., Capricon Books 1964) ...
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PARIS, France — Beheadings and bad times aside, French rulers have basked in a protective glow emanating for 300 years from the Sun King, old Louis ("L'Etat, c'est moi") XIV. After Charles de Gaulle strode down a liberated Champs Elysees chest and nose first, and then designed the Fifth Republic, besmirching presidents amounted to lese majeste.
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... Byrsa Hill, site of the Punic god Eschmoun, later destroyed by the Romans and the hill levelled for their capitol; later still the site for the current French gothic Cathedral of St. Louis, now known as the Acropolium and housing the Carthage Museum. Byrsa Hill also provided a fantastic elevated view-point to look back upon the modern-day sprawl of Tunis, over the coast to the Gulf of Tunis and ...
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... Marie Antoinette, Napolean, and the French Revolution. Louis XIV is the one mostly responsible for the grandeur that you see at Versailles ... altar and the organ while the peasants worshipped below facing Louis.
There are endless rooms with different names and I didn't take many pictures ... garden.
This one is the Grand Tianon. His successor, Louis XV, built the Petit Trianon, another smaller ...
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... Brun cabinets covered in jewels; and portraits encased in diamonds. Louis XIV's passion for collecting was unprecedented, as ... .
Striking pieces here include Bernini’s alabaster bust of Louis, with flowing locks and an impenetrable gaze (pictured above). ... ). A suit of armour given as a gift from the Venetian Republic for Louis's help in fighting the Turks reveals the monarch stood at ...
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... breathtaking dining room
This was the first time that a dinner was going to be served in Louis XIV private dining room since the Palace had ... from 1976 were liberally poured - the one rule was that, as at Louis' table, guests were not allowed to place their ... Mirrors, while others wandered through the suite of rooms adjoining Louis' bedroom. This had to have been one of the most lavish trips ...
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... s faith puts her at odds with an intimidating rival: King Louis XIV.
Having fled their homeland of France because of the persecution by ... , holding them captive in his opulent palace. King Louis is suspicious that Philippe could be his son, and he's enraged by ... am descended from Hugenots (one who served as a bodyguard to Louis' queen and escaped with her help) with the last name of Du Puy, ...
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... government officials gave people an unofficial margin of freedom.
Louis XIV was an archetypical despot: a pretentious mediocrity with grandiose ... through ever-increasing taxation.
Colbert, chief adviser of Louis XIV, was one of the early modern statists. He ... wealth extorted by taxation is drained for the unearned benefit of Louis XIV or for the unearned benefit of the "underprivileged" ...
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... 10, 1620. Ninon was a writer, courtesan, and patron of the arts in Louis XIV's France. When she died at the age of 85, ... the instigation of Anne of Austria, Queen Regent for her son Louis XIV. (When he grew up, of course, this sort of life was much more accepted!). She was ... known as Madame de Maintenon, secret wife of Louis XIV). She went on writing and hosting her salons until her death in 1705, ...
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... Durant, The Story of Civilization: Part VIII. The Age of Louis XIV.
. . . hands folded, tight-lipped, hats on ... was to speak or write to him, . . .
Will Durant and Ariel Durant, The Story of Civilization: Part VIII. The Age of Louis XIV.
. . . harbour him or join him . . .
Richard Wagner, Lohengrin.
... , The Story of Civilization: Part VIII. The Age of Louis XIV.
The Record on Appeal (at pages 15-16) ...
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