by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782213599946
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«Saint-Simon ou le système de la Cour» is the historical essay by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie in collaboration with Jean-François Fitou, published by Fayard in 1997.
Le Roy Ladurie draws on the extensive Memoirs of Louis de Rouvroy, Duke of Saint-Simon, to delve into the inner workings of the court of Louis XIV. The book analyses how etiquette, rank and hierarchy structured life at Versailles and the power of the court nobility.
Work in French, 635 pages, paperback, with bibliographic references and index.
For readers interested in the history of France, the court of Versailles and the nobility of the Ancien Régime.
Emmanuel Bernard Le Roy Ladurie was a French historian whose work was mainly focused upon Languedoc in the Ancien Régime, particularly the history of the peasantry. One of the leading historians of France, Le Roy Ladurie has been called the "standard-bearer" of the third generation of the Annales school and the "rock star of the medievalists", noted for his work in social history.
