Admiration to Intimacy: Versailles and the English, from Louis XIV to Louis XVI
More than any other foreigners, the English were fascinated by Versailles. Fifty per cent of foreign books on Versailles before 1789 were in English. Martin Lister, who visited it in 1698, described Versailles as the most magnificent palace ‘in all Europe’. In 1701, John Northleigh called Versailles...
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Centre de Recherche du Château de Versailles
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Bulletin du Centre de Recherche du Château de Versailles |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/crcv/18708 |