Saint-Simon and the Court of Louis XIV

Saint-Simon and the Court of Louis XIV
Author: Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 484
Release: 2001-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780226473208

The Duke of Saint-Simon (1675-1755) was a self-obsessed courtier and chronicler of court life under Louis XIV. Drawing heavily on his memoirs, historian Ladurie offers a wonderful portrait of life with Louis, focusing on issues of hierarchy and rank in this tightly controlled universe. Illustrations.

The Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon

The Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon
Author: Louis de Rouvroy duc de Saint-Simon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 406
Release: 1891
Genre: France
ISBN:

This work presents the memoirs of Louis de Rouvroy, Duke of Saint-Simon, who was a noble at the court of Versailles during the reign of Louis XIV. Saint-Simon generally disliked how King Louis reigned and disapproved of his bastard children because they ceremonially took precedence over the French nobility, such as himself. Thus, this work offers a differing viewpoint from many histories of the period and is valuable as such.