Love and Louis XIV

Name: Love and Louis XIV
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by Antonia Fraser

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Love and Louis XIV studies the women around Louis XIV and the role of intimacy, marriage, favour and court performance in the politics of Versailles. Fraser focuses on the queen, mistresses and later Madame de Maintenon, treating them as political actors within the culture of absolutist monarchy rather than as decorative figures at court. The book uses the king’s relationships to examine power, religion, family, public image and the emotional machinery of the French royal household.

Historical periods

Renaissance & Early Modern Europe Early Modern France Reign of Louis XIV

Historical people

Louis XIV1638–1715 Maria Theresa of Spain1638–1683 Louise de La Vallière1644–1710 Madame de Montespan1640–1707 Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon1635–1719