HeyJaredVersailles Century
The court of Versailles and French high society through the words of those who were there between 1682 and 1789.
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30 September 1689 (opens the original)
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On this day, a Friday, Louis XIV’s daughter-in-law and eldest grandson are both not well:“Monseigneur the Duc de Bourgogne has had fever every day since Tuesday; today’s attack is his fourth.”The boy’s mother, the dauphine, is ill but perhaps slightly improved, and seemingly determined to make a change in her treatment:“Madame la Dauphine is no longer spitting blood. She is putting herself back in the hands of the ordinary physicians, and has dismissed the Abbé de Belzé, whom she did not neglect
29 September 1702 (opens the original)
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On this day, at Fontainebleau, Madame had an accident, which she recounts to her half-sister Louise in a letter:“I had gone out for a carriage ride in the forest, as I do every day. We had hardly set off when the coachman tipped us over. One of my ladies had cuts on her shoulder and back made by broken glass. There were 7 dogs in the carriage, but none … Read more
28 September 1689 (opens the original)
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On this day, Louis XIV arrives at Marly for a stay of several days. Exceptionally, he has invited a non-noble guest that our diarist thinks is worth mentioning:“The King had M Racine come here on this voyage, and gave him a room.”Commentary:The lucky guest is the great playwright Racine, one of the triumvirate of 17th century dramatists — Corneille, Molière, Racine — whose works collectively make up the classical canon of the French theatre.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="http
27 September 1689 (opens the original)
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On this day, Louis XIV pays a visit:“The King, after his dinner, went to Saint-Germain to see the Queen of England. Monseigneur went to hunt deer at Villeneuve Saint-Georges with the King’s dogs, then stayed the night in order to hunt wolves tomorrow.” Read more
Is the Chevalier d’Arc the Chevalier d’Arcq? (opens the original)
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Those of you who have been reading my ongoing serialized translation of the Abbé de Varenne’s Mémoires du Chevalier de Ravanne, which I have re-titled simply The Chevalier de Ravanne, will be familiar with our eponymous hero’s bosom companion, the Chevalier d’Arc. The latter is a memorable character whom we are given to understand is the illegitimate, o… Read more
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