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Title
Letters from Spain
Other Titles (e.g. Variant)
Seventeenth-century French noblewoman at the Spanish Royal Court
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Villars, Marie Gigault de Bellefonds, marquise de, 1624-1706 (Author)
Hester, Nathalie, 1970- (Editor Translator)
Subject
Villars, Marie Gigault de Bellefonds, marquise de, 1624-1706--Correspondence. (LCSH)
Diplomats' spouses--Spain--Correspondence (LCSH)
Spain--Description and travel (LCSH)
Spain--Social life and customs--18th century (LCSH)
Spain--History--Charles II, 1665-1700 (LCSH)
Spain--Court and courtiers (LCSH)
Genre Form
Biographies (LCGFT)
Language
English
English
French original
Illustrative Content
Illustrations
Geographic Coverage
Classification
LCC: DP189.V5 A5 2021 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 327.44046092B full (Assigner: dlc)(Source: 23)
Supplementary Content
bibliography
index
Content
text
Note
Includes translation
Summary
"Translation and critical study of thirty-seven letters to friends at home, written 1679-1681 by Marie Gigault de Bellefonds, marquise de Villars, French noblewoman and wife of French ambassador Pierre de Villars, describing life at the Spanish court at a troubled time"-- Provided by publisher.
Table Of Contents
Introduction: The other voice
A diplomatic life
Women and the epistolary arts
The Marquise de Villars, letter writer and travel writer
The self-fashioning of an ambassadress
The extant letters of the Marquise de Villars
A note on the translation
Letters from Spain (1679-1681)
Appendix: Three Additional Letters by the Marquise de Villars. Letter A: To the Marquise de Sévigné, Paris, August 25, 1673
Letter B: To Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Turin, November 1, 1676 80
Letter C: To Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Turin, September 11, 1677.
Authorized Access Point
Villars, Marie Gigault de Bellefonds, marquise de, 1624-1706 Letters from Spain
Admin Metadata
Generation Process: DLC marc2bibframe2 v2.5.0
Status: changed
Encoding Level: full
Identified By: bf:Local, 21698202
Change Date: 2021-12-07T14:25:58
Creation Date: 2020-09-01
Description Language: English
Description Modifier: United States, Library of Congress
Description Authentication: Program for Cooperative Cataloging
Assigner: United States, Library of Congress

Translation Of
Villars, Marie Gigault de Bellefonds, marquise de, 1624-1706 Lettres de Madame la Marquise de Villars