1. Annuaire d'études françaises 2014, tome 1: La vie de la cour en France de Charlemagne jusqu'à Louis XIV / Annual of French Studies 2014, volume 1 : The Court Life in France from Charlemagne till Louis XIV (2014)
2. Conflicts of Precedence and Court Ordering. Ceremonial policy in 16th and 17th Сentury France

Conflicts of Precedence and Court Ordering. Ceremonial policy in 16th and 17th Сentury France

Cosandey Fanny

   Punctuated by major monarchical ceremonies, the Court of France appeared as a perfectly ordered world. However, conflicts of precedence blowing up on any occasion created a disorder that the King sought to regulate by defining a whole series of rules. Based on the analysis of these conflicts of ranks, this paper shows how the French monarchy used the ceremony issue to impose, from Henri III to Louis XIV, the image of an almighty King in majesty turning any court gesture into political acts.

Keywords: the history of the Early modern period, France, court culture.

Link: Cosandey F. Conflicts of Precedence and Court Ordering. Ceremonial policy in 16th and 17th Сentury France // Annuaire d'études françaises 2014, tome 1: La vie de la cour en France de Charlemagne jusqu'à Louis XIV / Annual of French Studies 2014, volume 1 : The Court Life in France from Charlemagne till Louis XIV.М. P. 239-251.