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    in Madrid, begun in 1590, precedes it). It was built on the site of the Hôtel des Tournelles and its gardens, which were demolished by Catherine de' Medici...
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    Choiseul-Praslin Hôtel Duret de Chevry Hôtel Gouthière Hôtel Carnavalet Hôtel de Salm Hôtel de Besenval Hôtel de Charost Hôtel Beauharnais Hôtel Claridge List...
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    Saint-Germain-des-Prés, cathedrals such as Notre-Dame de Paris and hotels such as the Hôtel de Crillon. As of 2011 there were 1,816 monuments listed, 434 classés...
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    de la prévôté de Paris. The son of Barthélemy de Laffemas and Marguerite Lebret, Isaac de Laffemas was first attracted to the theater while his father...
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    more than 80 times by Isaac de Laffemas, the Bourreau du cardinal, who could not get a single confession out of him. Laffemas condemned him to death nevertheless...
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  • brought him riches or even patrons. His most powerful friend was Isaac de Laffemas (d. 1657), one of Cardinal Richelieu's most unscrupulous agents, and he...
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    quantity theory of money. Barthélemy de Laffemas In 1598 French mercantilist economist Barthélemy de Laffemas (1545–1612) published Les Trésors et richesses...
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  • practiced at the Parlement of Paris, France's highest court. Isaac de Laffemas sued Marie Vernier for defamation in 1627. Vernier was the leading lady...
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