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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Anne ByrnePublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.313kg ISBN: 9781526160768ISBN 10: 1526160765 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 11 January 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction: ceremony in history 1 The deathbed ceremonies of Louis XV, May 1774 2 The funeral of Louis XV, July 1774 3 The lit de justice of November 1774 4 'Le roi se fait sacré': preparing the coronation, 1774–75 5 'Vive le roi!': the coronation of Louis XVI, 11 June 1775 6 'Le roi te touche': the coronation and the king's healing touch Conclusion Index -- .Reviews'This is one of the most important books to be published on the twilight of the ancien regime in several decades. In this meticulously researched and splendidly written study Anne Byrne presents us with the most scholarly account to date of the turbulent accession to the throne of Louis XVI in 1774. It will be invaluable and essential reading for scholars and students of eighteenth-century France alike.' Ambrogio Caiani, Senior Lecturer in Modern European History, University of Kent -- . 'This is one of the most important books to be published on the twilight of the ancien régime in several decades. In this meticulously researched and splendidly written study Anne Byrne presents us with the most scholarly account to date of the turbulent accession to the throne of Louis XVI in 1774. It will be invaluable and essential reading for scholars and students of eighteenth-century France alike.' Ambrogio Caiani, Senior Lecturer in Modern European History, University of Kent -- . Author InformationAnne Byrne is a former British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, now Honorary Research Fellow, at Birkbeck, University of London Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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