From the Royal to the Republican Body
Subtitle: Incorporating the Political in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century France
Contributors: Sara E. Melzer (Editor); Kathryn Norberg (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: July 20, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780520208070
Subjects: Constitution: government & the state; European history: c 1500 to c 1750; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Gender studies; Political science & theory; The Arts; Political aspects; France; Civilization; Symbolism in politics; History - General History; History: World; History; Europe - France; History & Theory - General; History / General; Bourbons, 1589-1789; Symbolic aspects; Body, Human; Despotism
First sentence: During his childhood Valentin Jamerey, born into a peasant family in 1695, heard fantastic stories about the city of Paris, which reportedly had paved streets lined with houses almost as big as the church in his village.