Writings and Publications of the French Nobility under the Absolute Monarchy: La Rochefoucauld's Maximes morales and his Readers' Responses
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臺大歷史學報, 55, 001-065
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臺大歷史學報
Journal Issue
55
Pages
001-065
Date Issued
2015-06
Date
2015-06
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Abstract
Among the French nobles of the Sword who engaged in literary writings, the Duke of La Rochefoucauld, former member of the Fronde against the monarchy, was the author of the literary classic, Maximes morales. This article intends to build the connection which existed between the political experiences of La Rochefoucauld and his practices in writing and publication. Duke criticized that the Absolute Monarchy destroyed the ethics which the nobility had used to define and strengthen the relationship of alliance as well as of patron-client. By analyzing the responses and appropriations of the readers of Maximes morales, especially the Parisian elite, this article depicts not only the interaction and dialogue established between the aristocratic community and the monarchy under the rule of Louis XIV, but also a history of reading in which the meaning of Maximes morales shifted from its first publication in the seventeen-century to the eighteenth-century.
Subjects
拉侯什傅科公爵
法國貴族
《道德箴言錄》
《回憶錄》
讀者迴響
啟蒙哲士
the Duke of La Rochefoucauld
French nobility
Maximes morales
M?moires
readers’ responses
Enlightenment philosophers.
Type
journal article
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