The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bastide, Charles, 1875-

Standardized Title:

Anglais et Français du XVIIe siècle. English

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Other Title:

The Anglo-French Entente in the 17th Century

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century" by Charles Bastide is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the complex relations between England and France during the seventeenth century, emphasizing their cultural exchanges despite frequent military conflicts. It likely engages with themes of diplomacy, literature, and the sociopolitical influences that shaped perceptions and interactions between the two nations. The opening of the work sets the stage by discussing previous literature on Anglo-French relations and hints at the underlying dynamics that characterized their interactions before Louis XIV's reign. Bastide introduces the context of French influence on English literature and culture, noting how the English borrowed from French norms, even amid hostilities. The text raises questions about the experiences of French expatriates in England and the challenges they faced while navigating their dual identities in a foreign land. The introduction promises insights into lesser-known but pivotal elements of the historical narrative, navigating through anecdotes and personal stories to embellish the scholarly discussion. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Introduction

From Paris to London under the Merry Monarch

Did Frenchmen learn English in the seventeenth century?

Specimens of English written by Frenchmen

Gallomania in England (1600-1685)

Huguenot thought in England

Shakespeare and Christophe Mongoye

French gazettes in London (1650-1700)

A quarrel in Soho (1682)

The courtship of Pierre Coste, and other letters

The strange adventures of the translator of Robinson Crusoe, the Chevalier de Thémiseul.

Credits:

Produced by Ian Deane, Ethan Kent, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 69.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Release date is 2011-11-02