Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Texts
- Introduction: Women, Entertainment, and Precursors of the French Salon , 1532–1615
- 1 At Play in Italy and France: Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Social Continuities
- 2 Marie-Catherine de Pierrevive and the Dames des Roches: Proto-Salon Entertainment in Lyon and Poitiers
- 3 Antoinette de Loynes and Madeleine de l’Aubespine: Entertainment among the Parisian Noblesse de robe
- 4 Claude-Catherine de Clermont: Amusement and Escapism among the Noblesse d’épée and Royal Milieu
- 5 Marguerite de Valois and Proto-Précieuse Taste
- 6 L’Histoire de La Chiaramonte: A Divertissement for the Circle of Marguerite de Valois
- Conclusion : Sixteenth-Century Société Mondaine and the Persistence of Entertainment Practices
- Appendix: Estienne Pasquier and His Social Network
- Bibliography
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 February 2024
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Texts
- Introduction: Women, Entertainment, and Precursors of the French Salon , 1532–1615
- 1 At Play in Italy and France: Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Social Continuities
- 2 Marie-Catherine de Pierrevive and the Dames des Roches: Proto-Salon Entertainment in Lyon and Poitiers
- 3 Antoinette de Loynes and Madeleine de l’Aubespine: Entertainment among the Parisian Noblesse de robe
- 4 Claude-Catherine de Clermont: Amusement and Escapism among the Noblesse d’épée and Royal Milieu
- 5 Marguerite de Valois and Proto-Précieuse Taste
- 6 L’Histoire de La Chiaramonte: A Divertissement for the Circle of Marguerite de Valois
- Conclusion : Sixteenth-Century Société Mondaine and the Persistence of Entertainment Practices
- Appendix: Estienne Pasquier and His Social Network
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2023