Madame De Sevigne: A Seventeenth-Century Life

Madame de Sevigne made a significant contribution to the understanding of 17th century France through her correspondence. The most famous epistoliere of the Splendid Century, the Marquise recorded important political events, religious controversies, wars and disasters, medical practices and the social and cultural life of the court of Louis XIV.

• | By (Author): Jeanne A. Ojala
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• | Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• | Publication Date: Jan 01, 1992
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 236 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0007233485
• | ISBN-13: 9780854961696