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Author Martin, Meredith (Meredith S.)

Title Dairy queens : the politics of pastoral architecture from Catherine de' Medici to Marie-Antoinette / Meredith Martin.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Harvard historical studies ; 176
Harvard historical studies ; v. 176.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Catherine de' Medici, the French Cybele -- Absolutism and the sexual politics of pastoral retreat -- Health, hygiene, and the hermitages of Madame de Pompadour -- Marie-Antoinette and the Hameau effect -- Regenerating the monarchy : the Queen's dairy at Rambouillet -- Epilogue.
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Subject Architecture and women -- France -- History.
Architecture and women.
France.
History.
Pleasure dairies -- France.
Pleasure dairies.
Politics and culture -- France -- History.
Politics and culture.
Elite (Social sciences) -- France -- History.
Elite (Social sciences)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Added Title Politics of pastoral architecture from Catherine de' Medici to Marie-Antoinette
Other Form: Print version: Martin, Meredith (Meredith S.). Dairy queens. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011 9780674048997 (DLC) 2010010746 (OCoLC)555658375
ISBN 9780674059474 (electronic book)
0674059476 (electronic book)
9780674048997
0674048997