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13 produkter
Miss Savidge Moves Her House
The Extraordinary Story of May Savidge and her House of a Lifetime
Av Christine Adams, Michael McMahon
E-bok, 2010
115 kr
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‘ This story will appeal to those who still believe that an Englishman’ s home is his castle, and to those who have a soft spot for indomitable old women’ Daily TelegraphThe hardback edition of this book, published in 2009 under the title A Lifetime in the Building, saw its extraordinary story …
Poverty, Charity, and Motherhood
Maternal Societies in Nineteenth-Century France
Inbunden, 2010
613 kr
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This far-reaching study of maternal societies in post-revolutionary France focuses on the philanthropic work of the Society for Maternal Charity, the most prominent organization of its kind. Administered by middle-class and elite women and financed by powerful families and the government, the …
Poverty, Charity, and Motherhood
Maternal Societies in Nineteenth-Century France
E-bok, 2010
585 kr
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This far-reaching study of maternal societies in post-revolutionary France focuses on the philanthropic work of the Society for Maternal Charity, the most prominent organization of its kind. Administered by middle-class and elite women and financed by powerful families and the government, the …
Visions and Revisions of Eighteenth-Century France
Av Christine Adams, Jack R. Mason m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
415 kr
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This volume brings together eight essays (all but one previously unpublished) that offer innovative strategies for studying society and culture in eighteenth-century France. Divided into three sections, the chapters map out current research paths in social, cultural, and political history. The …
Taste for Comfort and Status
A Bourgeois Family in Eighteenth-Century France
Häftad, 2000
543 kr
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The Lamothes were an ordinary family in eighteenth-century Bordeaux. Well-to-do and well respected by their neighbors, they were local notables whose private and public lives suggest the importance of family, kin, and friendship networks, professional activities and cultural interests, as well as a …
Creation of the French Royal Mistress
From Agnès Sorel to Madame Du Barry
Av Tracy Adams, Christine Adams
Inbunden, 2020
427 kr
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Kings throughout medieval and early modern Europe had extraconjugal sexual partners. Only in France, however, did the royal mistress become a quasi-institutionalized political position. This study explores the emergence and development of the position of French royal mistress through detailed …
Creation of the French Royal Mistress
From Agnès Sorel to Madame Du Barry
Av Tracy Adams, Christine Adams
Häftad, 2021
240 kr
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Kings throughout medieval and early modern Europe had extraconjugal sexual partners. Only in France, however, did the royal mistress become a quasi-institutionalized political position. This study explores the emergence and development of the position of French royal mistress through detailed …
Miss Savidge Moves Her House
The Extraordinary Story of May Savidge and her House of a Lifetime
Av Christine Adams, Michael McMahon
Häftad, 2010
142 kr
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‘ This story will appeal to those who still believe that an Englishman’ s home is his castle, and to those who have a soft spot for indomitable old women’ Daily TelegraphThe hardback edition of this book, published in 2009 under the title A Lifetime in the Building, saw its extraordinary story …
Mother's Gift- Ten Little Toes
E-bok, 2024
55 kr
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"My eyes watered as I reminisced with the characters through the early years behind me. Then tears rolled down my cheeks as I traversed through the moments that still lay ahead of me. A beautifully written and illustrated journey that embodies both the simplicity and complexity of a mother''s …
