queenrhaenyra:A week or so ago I was asked if I could do a rec with books about Louis XIV. So here i
queenrhaenyra:A week or so ago I was asked if I could do a rec with books about Louis XIV. So here it is, since it’s a big subject, it’ll have a few categories.Personal lifeLove and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King, Antonia Fraser, (Thanks to quality-cafe for the suggestion <3) Louis XIV, a Royal life, Olivier BernierA woman’s life in the court of the Sun King : letters of Liselotte von der Pfalz, 1652–1722, Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchesse d’Orléans, translated by Elborg Forster, Johns Hopkins (This one is a very good read if you want to know more about the king’s court, because it’s all seen from a direct witness, the palatine princess, she writes a lot about the king, her brother in law which she admired greatly.The Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon on the reign of Louis XIV, and the Regency, Translated by Bayle St. John. (Another Direct witness, which is pretty interesting also)Louis XIV, Peter Robert CampbellPolitical lifeLouis XIV and Absolutism: A Brief Study with Documents , William BeikFrance under his ruleThe splendid century, life in the France of Louis XIV, W.H LewisThe Affair of the Poisons: Murder, Infanticide, and Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV, Anne Somerset (Don’t know about this one tbh… )The Great Nation: France from Louis XIV to Napoleon, Colin Jones Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchmen, Pierre Goubert.In FrenchLouis XIV, Jean-Christian PetitfilsVersailles, la Passion de Louis XIV, Jean-Christian PetitfilsLouis XIV et vingt-millions de français, Pierre GoubertLa mort de Louis XIV, Saint SimonLes guerres de Louis XIV, John LynnLes Reines de France au temps des Bourbons, Simone BertièreLe procès Fouquet, Simone BertièreCette Pute me fera mourir, Saint Simon, édited by François Raviez (highly recommanded if you want a good laugh at the king’s court)ArtsThe Triumph of Pleasure: Louis XIV and the Politics of Spectacle, Georgia Cowart.The Story of Versailles, Francis Loring PayneTime and Ways of Knowing Under Louis XIV: Moliere, Sevigne, Lafayette, Roland RacevskisMusicAnd a bit of music to accompany your reading:Rameau: Les Indes Gallantes, La Chapelle royale et Philippe HerrewhegeJean Baptiste Lully: Le Roi Danse, Köln & Reinhard Goebel Marc Antoine Charpentier , Musica Antiqua Köln -- source link
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