Title: Richelieu's Desmarets and the century of Louis XIV
Description: "Jean Desmarets (1600?-1676) was a late Renaissance "universal man": first Chancellor and founder-member of the Academie-francaise, last jester of the French royal court, star performer in ballets, novelist, playwright, poet, architect, inventor, and mystic. He was also the first man to publicize the notion of "a century of Louis XIV." Hall examines that notion by looking afresh at Desmarets' vigorous career and relating the "century of Louis XIV" to its origins in the reign of Louis XIII." http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0636/89016373-d.html.
Subjects: Académie française, Biography, Court and courtiers, French Authors, Friends and associates, History, Performing arts, Quarrel of Ancients and moderns, Richelieu, armand jean du plessis, duc de, 1585-1642, Louis xiv, king of france, 1638-1715, Courts and courtiers, Friendship
Places: France
People: Armand Jean Du Plessis Richelieu duc de (1585-1642), Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin (1595-1676)
Time periods: 17th century, Louis XIV, 1643-1715