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Goldsmith, Elizabeth C.
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Mancini, Maria, 1639-1715?
Mazarin, Hortense Mancini, duchesse de, 1646-1699.
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 -- Relations with women
Mistresses -- France -- Biography.
Women -- Europe -- Social life and customs -- 17th century.
Sisters -- France -- Biography.
France -- Court and courtiers -- Social life and customs.
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Goldsmith, Elizabeth C.
Mancini, Maria, 1639-1715?
Mazarin, Hortense Mancini, duchesse de, 1646-1699.
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 -- Relations with women
Mistresses -- France -- Biography.
Women -- Europe -- Social life and customs -- 17th century.
Sisters -- France -- Biography.
France -- Court and courtiers -- Social life and customs.
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The kings' mistresses : the liberated lives of Marie
Mancini
, Princess Colonna, and her sister
Hortense
, Duchess
Mazarin
/ Elizabeth C. Goldsmith.
by
Goldsmith, Elizabeth C.
PublicAffairs, c2012.
Call #:
944.033 G624k
Subjects
Mancini
, Maria, 1639-1715?
Mazarin
,
Hortense
Mancini
,
duchesse
de
,
1646-1699
.
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 -- Relations with women
Mistresses -- France -- Biography.
Women -- Europe -- Social life and customs -- 17th century.
Sisters -- France -- Biography.
France -- Court and courtiers -- Social life and customs.
ISBN:
9781586488895 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1586488899 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xix, 256 p. : ill., geneal. tables, maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-239) and index.
Contents:
Historical prologue -- The cardinal's nieces at the court of France -- The Duchess
Mazarin
-- Marie's Rome -- A runaway duchess -- On the road -- Savoy and beyond --
Hortense
's London -- Madrid -- Divorce -- "Dust and ashes".
Summary:
"The
Mancini
sisters, Marie and
Hortense
, were born in Rome, brought to the court of Louis XIV of France at Versailles, and strategically married off by their uncle, Cardinal
Mazarin
, to secure his political power base. Such was the life of many young woman of the age: they had no independent status under the law, and were entirely a part of their husband's property once married. Marie and
Hortense
, however, had another lifestyle in mind altogether. Abandoning their husbands, they took to the road, using the brand new post coach service to ferry them across Europe.
Hortense
was a famous gambler, the women often dressed and passed as men, and their scandalous behavior became a sensation. Elizabeth Goldsmith has written a vibrant biography of two pioneering free spirits, feminists long before the term existed, who refused to be constrained by the morals, mores, and hypocrisies of their age."--From publisher.
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944.033 G624k
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