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Notice de cinq dessins de Charles Le Brun pour le mobilier d’argent de Louis XIV
2016
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L’influence politique de Versailles sur la noblesse lituanienne à la fin du XVIIe siècle
2021
In the second half of the seventeenth century, French diplomacy dominated Europe, including the Polish-Lithuanian state and its most important aristocratic families. The reports of French diplomats described their encounters with the most eminent families of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: the Sapiehas and Radziwiłłs (the most powerful), the Pacs, Wiśniowieckis and Ogińskis. Through them, Versailles sought to implement its policy in the Polish-Lithuanian state, and win these allies through (usually honoured) promises of money. The goal was to support a French candidate to the Polish throne and to prevail against Vienna and Berlin on the European political chessboard. While efforts to cooperat…
Défenseurs du roi : la garde de la cour de Versailles et sa réception à la cour de Dresde-Varsovie à la fin du xviie et dans la première moitié du XV…
2021
According to contemporary historiography, the earliest guard units formed in the fifteenth century, at the same time as mercenary armies. Similar units were created throughout Europe, on the French model. Once the French court was transferred to Versailles, it developed a grandiose ceremonial protocol, which shaped the final form of the royal guard. The latter’s tasks were primarily related to the protection of the king and the court, public buildings and important assemblies, as well as royal property and production centres, but also to the distribution of royal mail and broad official functions. In wartime, however, the guard served as elite military units, joining field troops. The model…
San Luigi: reliquie e reliquiari tra Terrasanta, Francia e Sicilia
2017
Lo studio prende in esame i destini delle reliquie dei visceri del re santo, tra Terrasanta, Sicilia, Tunisi, Francia, dal XIII al XX secolo, e dei loro preziosi contenitori; fra gli oggetti più interessanti figura un'inedita arqueta amatoria catalana in legno e pastiglia dorata con parti metalliche, già policromata, della prima metà del XV secolo, giunta a Monreale verosimilmente tramite un arcivescovo iberico; si passano quindi in rassegna i noti reliquiari secondo la tradizione donati da Filippo IV di Francia alla Chiesa monrealese (della Sacra Spina, secc. XIII-XVII; del Santo Sangue di Cristo, del latte e dei capelli della Madonna, della manna del deserto, ultimo quarto del XIII secolo…