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46 relations: Anne of Austria, Antoine Arnauld, Baptism, Bourbonnais, Brigadier, Cardinal Richelieu, Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, Chivalric romance, Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, Classicism, Commendatory abbot, Count, Favourite, François de La Rochefoucauld (writer), Fronde, Gilles Ménage, Henrietta of England, Historical fiction, History of Auvergne, House of La Fayette, Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Jean Racine, Jean Regnault de Segrais, La Princesse de Clèves, Latin, List of Marshals of France, Louis XIII of France, Louise de La Fayette, Madeleine de Scudéry, Maid of honour, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours, Marie Madeleine d'Aiguillon, Marquess, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, Novel, Paris, Pierre Daniel Huet, Précieuses, Psychological fiction, Salon (gathering), Savoy, The Princess of Montpensier (novella), Urbain de Maillé-Brézé, Valmont Abbey.
Anne of Austria
Anne of Austria (22 September 1601 – 20 January 1666), a Spanish princess of the House of Habsburg, was queen of France as the wife of Louis XIII, and regent of France during the minority of her son, Louis XIV, from 1643 to 1651.
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Antoine Arnauld
Antoine Arnauld (6 February 16128 August 1694) was a French Roman Catholic theologian, philosopher and mathematician.
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Baptism
Baptism (from the Greek noun βάπτισμα baptisma; see below) is a Christian sacrament of admission and adoption, almost invariably with the use of water, into Christianity.
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Bourbonnais
Bourbonnais was a historic province in the centre of France that corresponded to the modern département of Allier, along with part of the département of Cher.
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Brigadier
Brigadier is a military rank, the seniority of which depends on the country.
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Cardinal Richelieu
Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu and Fronsac (9 September 15854 December 1642), commonly referred to as Cardinal Richelieu (Cardinal de Richelieu), was a French clergyman, nobleman, and statesman.
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Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet
Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet (1588 – 2 December 1665), known as Madame de Rambouillet, was a society hostess and a major figure in the literary history of 17th-century France.
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Chivalric romance
As a literary genre of high culture, romance or chivalric romance is a type of prose and verse narrative that was popular in the aristocratic circles of High Medieval and Early Modern Europe.
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Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris
Saint-Sulpice is a Roman Catholic church in Paris, France, on the east side of the Place Saint-Sulpice within the rue Bonaparte, in the Odéon Quarter of the 6th arrondissement.
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Classicism
Classicism, in the arts, refers generally to a high regard for a classical period, classical antiquity in the Western tradition, as setting standards for taste which the classicists seek to emulate.
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Commendatory abbot
A commendatory abbot is an ecclesiastic, or sometimes a layman, who holds an abbey in commendam, drawing its revenues but not exercising any authority over its inner monastic discipline.
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Count
Count (Male) or Countess (Female) is a title in European countries for a noble of varying status, but historically deemed to convey an approximate rank intermediate between the highest and lowest titles of nobility.
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Favourite
A favourite or favorite (American English) was the intimate companion of a ruler or other important person.
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François de La Rochefoucauld (writer)
François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac (15 September 1613 – 17 March 1680) was a noted French author of maxims and memoirs.
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Fronde
The Fronde was a series of civil wars in France between 1648 and 1653, occurring in the midst of the Franco-Spanish War, which had begun in 1635.
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Gilles Ménage
Gilles Ménage (15 August 1613 – 23 July 1692) was a French scholar.
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Henrietta of England
Henrietta of England (16 June 1644 O.S. (26 June 1644 N.S.) – 30 June 1670) was the youngest daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and his wife, Henrietta Maria of France.
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Historical fiction
Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past.
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History of Auvergne
The history of the Auvergne dates back to the early Middle Ages, when it was a historic province in south central France.
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House of La Fayette
The House of La Fayette was a French family of Nobles of the Sword, from the province of Auvergne, established during the Middle-Age by the lords of the fief of La Fayette held by the senior branch of the Motier family.
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Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé
Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé, Duke of Fronsac, Marquis of Brézé (18 October 1619 – 14 June 1646) was a French admiral.
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Jean François Paul de Gondi
Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz (29 September 1613 – 24 August 1679) was a French churchman, writer of memoirs, and agitator in the Fronde.
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Jean Racine
Jean Racine, baptismal name Jean-Baptiste Racine (22 December 163921 April 1699), was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France (along with Molière and Corneille), and an important literary figure in the Western tradition.
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Jean Regnault de Segrais
Jean Renaud de Segrais (22 August 1624, Caen – 25 March 1701) was a French poet and novelist born in Caen.
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La Princesse de Clèves
La Princesse de Clèves is a French novel which was published anonymously in March 1678.
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Latin
Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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List of Marshals of France
Marshal of France (Maréchal de France, plural Maréchaux de France) is a French military distinction, rather than a military rank, that is awarded to generals for exceptional achievements.
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Louis XIII of France
Louis XIII (27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1610 to 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown.
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Louise de La Fayette
Louise Angélique Motier de la Fayette (8 November 1618 – 11 January 1665) was a French courtier and close friend and confidant of King Louis XIII.
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Madeleine de Scudéry
Madeleine de Scudéry (15 November 1607 – 2 June 1701), often known simply as Mademoiselle de Scudéry, was a French writer.
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Maid of honour
Maids of Honour are the junior attendants of a queen in royal households.
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Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (5 February 1626 – 17 April 1696) was a French aristocrat, remembered for her letter-writing.
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Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours
Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours (11 April 1644 – 15 March 1724) was born a Princess of Savoy and became the Duchess of Savoy by marriage.
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Marie Madeleine d'Aiguillon
Marie Madeleine de Vignerot du Pont de Courlay, Duchesse d'Aiguillon (160417 April 1675) was a French aristocrat, also remembered for her charitable work and her patronage of artists and mathematicians.
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Marquess
A marquess (marquis) is a nobleman of hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies.
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Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1 November 1636 – 13 March 1711), often known simply as Boileau, was a French poet and critic.
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Novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, normally in prose, which is typically published as a book.
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Paris
Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.
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Pierre Daniel Huet
Pierre Daniel Huet (Huetius; 8 February 1630 – 26 January 1721) was a French churchman and scholar, editor of the Delphin Classics, founder of the Academie du Physique in Caen (1662-1672) and Bishop of Soissons from 1685 to 1689 and afterwards of Avranches.
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Précieuses
The French literary style called préciosité (preciousness) arose in the 17th century from the lively conversations and playful word games of les précieuses, the witty and educated intellectual ladies who frequented the salon of Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet; her Chambre bleue (the "blue room" of her hôtel particulier) offered a Parisian refuge from the dangerous political factionalism and coarse manners of the royal court during the minority of Louis XIV.
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Psychological fiction
Psychological fiction (also psychological realism) is a literary genre that emphasizes interior characterization, as well as the motives, circumstances, and internal action which is derivative from and creates external action; not content to state what happens, but rather reveals and studies the motivation behind the action.
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Salon (gathering)
A salon is a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host.
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Savoy
Savoy (Savouè,; Savoie; Savoia) is a cultural region in Western Europe.
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The Princess of Montpensier (novella)
The Princess of Montpensier is a short novel by Madame de La Fayette which came out anonymously in 1662 as her first published work.
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Urbain de Maillé-Brézé
Urbain de Maillé-Brézé (1597 – February 13, 1650), was a Marshal of France during the Thirty Years' War and Franco-Spanish War (1635).
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Valmont Abbey
Valmont Abbey (Abbaye de Valmont, Sainte-Marie de Valmont or abbaye Sainte-Marie) is a Benedictine abbey in Valmont, Seine-Maritime, France.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_de_La_Fayette
