Saint-Simon and the court of Louis XIV / Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, with the collaboration of Jean-François Fitou ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer.
| Author/creator | Le Roy Ladurie, Emmanuel |
| Other author | Fitou, Jean-François. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001. |
| Description | ix, 432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Saint-Simon, ou, Le système de la cour. English |
| Contents | Introduction: Saint-Simon in the Aura of le Roi Soleil and le Bien-Aime -- The Court System -- Hierarchy and Rank -- The Sacred and the Profane -- The Pure and the Impure -- Cabals, Lineages, and Power -- Saint-Simonian Demography and Female Hypergamy -- Renouncers and Jesuits -- The Regency System -- The Liberal Regency: Autumn 1715 to Summer 1718 -- The Authoritarian Regency: Fall of 1718 to End of 1723 -- On Norbert Elias -- On Pasquier Quesnel. |
| Abstract | "The Duke of Saint-Simon (1675-1755) was by all accounts, including his own, a sensitive, self-obsessed, ill-tempered man. A courtier and phenomenal chronicler of court life under Louis XIV, he produced the monumental work Memoirs, running to thousands of pages, in which the intrigues, personalities, activities, and gossip of life at Versailles are recorded in acerbic detail. Drawing heavily on these Memoirs, historian Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, with the collaboration of Jean-Francois Fitou, offers a portrait of life under Louis XIV, focusing on the fundamental issues of hierarchy and rank in this tightly controlled universe."--Jacket. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-408) and index. |
| LCCN | 00013227 |
| ISBN | 0226473201 |
| ISBN | 9780226473208 |