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The Perraults and Versailles
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Charles’s position in Colbert’s orbit offered the family new ways to act in the social world. This chapter concentrates on the ways the Perraults drew upon their access to Versailles in a variety of contexts, from the dissections of exotic animals in the Academy of Sciences to their literary sociability, as it served as a library of sorts. By tracing how Versailles became an object in the Perraults’ extended network, this chapter suggests a new model for understanding cultural patronage and Versailles’ role in the cultural politics of Louis XIV’s France. Not simply a radiant palace that stunned visitors by its splendor, the court’s reputation grew through appropriations by men of letters, which benefited the Perraults in their Parisian endeavors while they promoted the king’s glory.
Title: The Perraults and Versailles
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Charles’s position in Colbert’s orbit offered the family new ways to act in the social world.
This chapter concentrates on the ways the Perraults drew upon their access to Versailles in a variety of contexts, from the dissections of exotic animals in the Academy of Sciences to their literary sociability, as it served as a library of sorts.
By tracing how Versailles became an object in the Perraults’ extended network, this chapter suggests a new model for understanding cultural patronage and Versailles’ role in the cultural politics of Louis XIV’s France.
Not simply a radiant palace that stunned visitors by its splendor, the court’s reputation grew through appropriations by men of letters, which benefited the Perraults in their Parisian endeavors while they promoted the king’s glory.
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