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Music, Discipline, and Arms in Early Modern France by Kate van Orden is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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In this groundbreaking new study, Kate van Orden examines noble education in the arts to show how music contributed to cultural and social transformation in early modern French society. She constructs a fresh account of music's importance in promoting the absolutism that the French monarchy would fully embrace under Louis XIV, uncovering many hitherto unpublished ballets and royal ceremonial performances.<br> <br> The great pressure on French noblemen to take up the life of the warrior gave rise
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- Author
- Kate van Orden
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780226849768
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Science, Military Science, History & Criticism
- Rating
- 1 / 5 (1 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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