La Grande Mademoiselle, 1627-1652

I. The Beginning of Trouble--Paris and the Parisians in 1648--II. The Parliamentary Fronde--Mademoiselle Would Be Queen of France--III. The Fronde of the Princes and the Union o...

I. The Regency--The Romance of Anne of Austria and Mazarin--Gaston's Second Wife.--II. Mademoiselle's New Marriage Projects.--III. Mademoiselle Would Be a Carmelite Nun--The Cat...

La Grande Mademoiselle and her companions cherished the still existent passion for the theatre, which is a characteristic of the French people. The great received comedians, or...

I. Gaston d'Orléans--His Marriage--His Character--II. Birth of Mademoiselle--III. The Tuileries in 1627--The Retinue of a Princess--IV. Contemporary Opinions of Education--The E...

I. Anne of Austria and Richelieu--Birth of Louis XIV.--II. _L'Astrée_ and its Influence--III. Transformation of the Public Manners--The Creation of the Salon--The Hôtel de Rambo...

I. The Beginning of Trouble--Paris and the Parisians in 1648--II. The Parliamentary Fronde--Mademoiselle Would Be Queen of France--III. The Fronde of the Princes and the Union o...

I. The Regency--The Romance of Anne of Austria and Mazarin--Gaston's Second Wife--II. Mademoiselle's New Marriage Projects--III. Mademoiselle Would Be a Carmelite Nun--The Catho...

I. Gaston d'Orléans--His Marriage--His Character--II. Birth of Mademoiselle--III. The Tuileries in 1627--The Retinue of a Princess--IV. Contemporary Opinions of Education--The E...

I. Anne of Austria and Richelieu--Birth of Louis XIV.--II. _L'Astrée_ and its Influence--III. Transformation of the Public Manners--The Creation of the Salon--The Hôtel de Rambo...