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Status interaction during the reign of Louis XIV

Title
Status interaction during the reign of Louis XIV [electronic resource] / Giora Sternberg.
Author
Sternberg, Giora.
Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014.

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Description
1 online resource (x, 209 pages) : illustrations.
Summary
Explores the crucial significance ascribed to precedence, apparel, forms of address and other status symbols in the early modern period, when they operated as a key tool for defining identities, relations, and power.
Series Statement
The past & present book series
Uniform Title
  • Status interaction during the reign of Louis XIV (Online)
  • Past & present book series.
Alternative Title
Status interaction during the reign of Louis XIV (Online)
Subject
  • 1600 - 1799
  • Social status > France > History > 17th century
  • Social status > France > History > 18th century
  • France > History > Louis XIV, 1643-1715
  • France > Court and courtiers > History > 17th century
  • France > Court and courtiers > History > 18th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-200) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
The marriage of 1679 : high ceremonies as multifaceted status interactions -- The affaire des sièges : the anatomy of ceremonial crisis -- The battles of the mantles : ceremonial gear and status conflict -- To wear or not to wear? : Mantled visits in the early eighteenth century -- The duality of service : between honour and humiliation, between primary and secondary functions -- Epistolary ceremonial : manuscript correspondence as unmediated status interaction.
LCCN
2013951732
OCLC
ssj0001295193
Author
Sternberg, Giora.
Title
Status interaction during the reign of Louis XIV [electronic resource] / Giora Sternberg.
Imprint
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Edition
First edition.
Series
The past & present book series
Past & present book series.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-200) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Chronological Term
1600 - 1799
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