Dairy queens

Martin, Meredith

Dairy queens the politics of pastoral architecture from Catherine de' Medici to Marie-Antoinette / [electronic resource] : Politics of pastoral architecture from Catherine de' Medici to Marie-Antoinette Meredith Martin. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011. - 328 p. - Harvard historical studies ; 176 . - Harvard historical studies ; v. 176. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Architecture and women--History.--France
Pleasure dairies--France.
Politics and culture--History.--France
Elite (Social sciences)--History.--France


Electronic books.

NA2543.W65 / M37 2011

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