Les artistes de l’eau by Chiara Santini

“…Based on this new study trend, this article reviews the art of managing the waters in the gardens of the classical period through the analysis of the training, the savoir-faire and the daily work of Versailles hydrant men during the age of Louis XIV. Based on archived documents, correspondence, and architecture and hydraulic treaties, this research aims to contribute to studies on garden arts evolution and on the professions related to it during the modern era.…”
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La promenade dans les jardins de Versailles : analyse d’une expérience spatiale by Catherine Szanto

“…There exists several descriptions of walks in the garden of Versailles, written during Louis XIV’s reign. The methodology consists in corroborating the physical space of the garden with the existing descriptions, in order to develop an analysis of the spatial dialogue based on contemporary philosophical and scientific theories of perception.…”
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Les dernières Amazones : réflexions sur la contestation de l’ordre politique masculin pendant la Fronde by Sophie Vergnes

“…Nevertheless, the battle against patriarchal order didn’t end under the personal rule of Louis XIV. Writing was among the means that allowed these women to go on claiming power in the public sphere.…”
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Le voyage des orangers by Chiara Santini

“…This article introduces the first results of a study which has been only seldom tackled by scientific researches: the material handling of the plants aimed at decorating the royal gardens at the time of Louis XIV. The shrubs (especially the orange trees) were in fact one of the major elements for decorating these gardens. …”
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L’usage de l’archive comme fondement du pouvoir monarchique : la forêt de papier de la réformation de Froidour (1666-1673) by Sébastien Poublanc

“…October 15, 1661 : Louis XIV signed the decree of the Council of State, imposing the closing of the forests owned by the King, as well as those owned by religious and secular communities. …”
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Exhiber le crime vaincu : les fourches patibulaires et la justice criminelle sous l’Ancien Régime by Christophe Regina

“…This reorganization is manifested vividly in the reign of Louis XIV and points out that a redeployment of judicial prerogatives of nobility. …”
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Les manuscrits de l’abbé de Castries dans la collection Gaignières : une donation exceptionnelle ? by Sarah Héquette

“…As for Gaignières, a renowned collector of the reign of Louis XIV, he built up a collection of more than 5,000 items, including nearly 1,100 manuscripts, and thus preserved the memory of the elites of the medieval and modern eras. …”
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Clinical Management of Malignant Glaucoma by Julie Foreman-Larkin, Peter A. Netland, Sarwat Salim

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Baroque “Spin-Doctoring”: The Manipulative Use of Caprara’s Reports from Constantinople in 1682 by Lothar Höbelt

“…Its president, Margrave Hermann von Baden, was the leading “Westerner”, and clearly thought that Louis XIV posed a greater menace to the monarchy than the Ottomans did. …”
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Les jeux d’eau du parc de Saint-Cloud. Des premières créations à la magnificence du parc mise en scène par Étienne Allegrain by Solveig d’Aboville

“…In the late seventeenth century, the younger brother of Louis XIV, Philippe d’Orléans, continued this dynamic, but on a much larger scale, making gushing water the main spring of garden design, taking advantage of both its decorative character and its capacity to symbolise the owner’s power. …”
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Les effigies sculptées d’Henri IV à Toulouse au xviie siècle by Sophie Fradier

“…The stakes of such artistic ventures have already been studied for Louis XIV, whereas other reigns have aroused less curiosity. …”
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Influence of the Cavitation Model on the Simulation of Cloud Cavitation on 2D Foil Section by S. Frikha, O. Coutier-Delgosha, J. A. Astolfi

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