Author: André Hallays
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
The Spell of the Heart of France
Author: André Hallays
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
The Spell of the Heart of France
Author: André Hallays
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752396059
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Spell of the Heart of France by André Hallays
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752396059
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Spell of the Heart of France by André Hallays
The Spell of the Horse
Author: Pam Billinge
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781838278670
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A unique exploration into the spiritual relationship between horses and humans and their capacity to help us heal.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781838278670
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A unique exploration into the spiritual relationship between horses and humans and their capacity to help us heal.
A.L.A. Catalog
Author: American Library Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Journal of Education
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 1442
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 1442
Book Description
Strange Revelations
Author: Lynn Wood Mollenauer
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271029153
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
The Affair of the Poisons was the greatest court scandal of the seventeenth century. From 1679 to 1682 the French crown investigated more than 400 people&—including Louis XIV&’s official mistress and members of the highest-ranking circles at court&—for sensational crimes. In Strange Revelations, Lynn Mollenauer brings this bizarre story to life, exposing a criminal magical underworld thriving in the heart of the Sun King&’s capital. The macabre details of the Affair of the Poisons read like a gothic novel. In the fall of 1678, Nicolas de la Reynie, head of the Paris police, uncovered a plot to poison Louis XIV. La Reynie&’s subsequent investigation unveiled a loosely knit community of sorceresses, magicians, and renegade priests who offered for sale an array of services and products ranging from abortions to love magic to poisons known as &“inheritance powders.&” It was the inheritance powders (usually made from powdered toads steeped in arsenic) that lent the Affair of the Poisons its name. The purchasers of the powders gave the affair its notoriety, for the scandal extended into the most exalted ranks of the French court. Mollenauer adroitly uses the Affair of the Poisons to uncover the hidden forms of power that men and women of all social classes invoked to achieve their goals. While the exercise of state power during the ancien r&égime was quintessentially visible&—ritually displayed through public ceremonies&—the affair exposes the simultaneous presence of other imagined and real sources of power available to the Sun King&’s subjects: magic, poison, and the manipulation of sexual passions. Highly entertaining yet deeply researched, Strange Revelations will appeal to anyone interested in the history of court society, gender, magic, or crime in early modern Europe.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271029153
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
The Affair of the Poisons was the greatest court scandal of the seventeenth century. From 1679 to 1682 the French crown investigated more than 400 people&—including Louis XIV&’s official mistress and members of the highest-ranking circles at court&—for sensational crimes. In Strange Revelations, Lynn Mollenauer brings this bizarre story to life, exposing a criminal magical underworld thriving in the heart of the Sun King&’s capital. The macabre details of the Affair of the Poisons read like a gothic novel. In the fall of 1678, Nicolas de la Reynie, head of the Paris police, uncovered a plot to poison Louis XIV. La Reynie&’s subsequent investigation unveiled a loosely knit community of sorceresses, magicians, and renegade priests who offered for sale an array of services and products ranging from abortions to love magic to poisons known as &“inheritance powders.&” It was the inheritance powders (usually made from powdered toads steeped in arsenic) that lent the Affair of the Poisons its name. The purchasers of the powders gave the affair its notoriety, for the scandal extended into the most exalted ranks of the French court. Mollenauer adroitly uses the Affair of the Poisons to uncover the hidden forms of power that men and women of all social classes invoked to achieve their goals. While the exercise of state power during the ancien r&égime was quintessentially visible&—ritually displayed through public ceremonies&—the affair exposes the simultaneous presence of other imagined and real sources of power available to the Sun King&’s subjects: magic, poison, and the manipulation of sexual passions. Highly entertaining yet deeply researched, Strange Revelations will appeal to anyone interested in the history of court society, gender, magic, or crime in early modern Europe.
Inns and Taverns of Old London, Setting Forth the Historical and Literary Associatons of Those Ancient Hostelries
Author: Henry Charles Shelley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Taverns (Inns)
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Taverns (Inns)
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
The Photographic Journal of America ...
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
The Book News Monthly
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
Book Description
The Nation
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Current events
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Current events
Languages : en
Pages : 506
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