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Queen of Versailles : Madame de Maintenon, first lady of Louis XIV's France / Mark Bryant.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bryant, Mark, 1973- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Maintenon, Madame de, 1635-1719.
- Maintenon.
- Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715--Relations with women.
- Louis.
- Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.
- Favorites, Royal--France--Biography.
- Favorites, Royal.
- Courts and courtiers.
- History.
- Relations with women.
- France.
- Queens--France--Biography.
- Queens.
- France--Kings and rulers--Paramours--Biography.
- Kings and rulers.
- Paramours.
- France--Court and courtiers--History.
- France--History--Louis XIV, 1643-1715.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Cover
- QUEEN OF VERSAILLES
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1 Childhood, First Marriage, and Royal Governess, 1635-1680
- 2 Favourite Courtier and Secret Consort, 1680-1683
- 3 "Becoming Visible," 1684-1689
- 4 The Evolution of the Marquise's Métier, 1690-1695
- 5 The Eruption of the Quietist Controversy, 1695-1697
- 6 Quietism Vanquished, but Heresy Endures, 1697-1699
- 7 1700-1709, Part One: "Mother of the State" and "Protectress of the Realm"
- 8 1700-1709, Part Two: Queen of the Court and "Mother of the Church"
- 9 1709-1715, Part One: "La Toute Puissante," or Waning Influence? Domestic and International Affairs and Court Politics
- 10 1709-1715, Part Two: The "Universal Abbess"
- Mortal Challenges and Jansenist Crises
- Conclusion
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 08, 2020).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Bryant, Mark, 1973- Queen of Versailles.
- ISBN:
- 9780228004325
- 0228004322
- 9780228004318
- 0228004314
- Publisher Number:
- 40030134367
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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