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... noble rank by the ordinary means of purchasing lettres de noblesse , would pretend that their families were originally aristocratic , and that their rank had only temporarily been lost through a member of the family engaging in trade ...
... noble rank by the ordinary means of purchasing lettres de noblesse , would pretend that their families were originally aristocratic , and that their rank had only temporarily been lost through a member of the family engaging in trade ...
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... noble rank , with the social and material privileges which it conferred , seemed the highest prize , their one desire was to rise into the aristocracy . This their wealth enabled them to do , either in their own person or in that of ...
... noble rank , with the social and material privileges which it conferred , seemed the highest prize , their one desire was to rise into the aristocracy . This their wealth enabled them to do , either in their own person or in that of ...
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... noble rank , stepped into their position at a very early age , led extremely worldly lives , and inevitably their example was frequently followed by their nuns , many of whom were also of noble birth . For instance , in 1664 Bossuet was ...
... noble rank , stepped into their position at a very early age , led extremely worldly lives , and inevitably their example was frequently followed by their nuns , many of whom were also of noble birth . For instance , in 1664 Bossuet was ...
Contents
THE TOWNS TRADE AND INDUSTRY | 27 |
III THE NOBILITY | 60 |
THE CLERGY | 88 |
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ancien régime aristocracy assez autres avait avoir bien Boileau bourgeois Bruyère c'est choses clergy Colbert contemporary Corneille cour court d'autres d'une despite dire donner estates état été être faire fait faut Femmes feudal dues French French language Fronde gens grand Grignan Hôtel Hôtel de Rambouillet Huguenots industry jamais jours King l'on land language letters literature livres Louis Le Nain Louis XIII Louis XIV maison maître Mazarin Mémoires middle classes Mme de Sévigné Molière monarchy monde Monsieur n'est nobility noble noblemen noblesse Paris Parlements peasants peine period personne peuple peut plaisir political posts prendre princes provinces qu'à qu'elle qu'il qu'on qu'un Racine Rambouillet reign of Louis Richelieu rien royal s'en s'il salons Sébastien Leclerc seventeenth century France social society taille taxation taxes temps terre tout trade Vauban Versailles voir Voiture wealth writers