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Official
site of the Chateau de Versailles
Comprehensive
site that includes links to daily life in the palace of Louis XIV.
THE
FOOD TIMELINE
Links to food and recipes dating from
17,000 B. C. to the present.
17th
Century Baroque Fashion, 1665-1699
Presents art that highlights the clothing of the
period including.
Levee
de Louis XIV
Lady
in Court Dress
Louis
XIV and Courtier
History of France before 1700
Includes a section on the Bourbons and the Versailles aristocracy.
Duc
de Saint-Simon: The Court of Louis XIV
and
The Duchess of Orleans: Versailles Etiquette,
1704
“The Duc de Saint-Simon resided for many years at
Versailles. He left an account of life there… The Duchess of Orleans was
married to the king's brother, the much younger Duchess of Bourgogne to the
king's grandson. Here the obsessive concern with manners is well evidenced.”
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