• Courtesan (redirect from Courtisan)
    A courtesan is a prostitute with a courtly, wealthy, or upper-class clientele. Historically, the term referred to a courtier, a person who attended the...
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    Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes, translated variously as The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans, A Harlot High and Low, or as Lost Souls, is an...
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  • Séverin Bavarel as the monk Bruno Georis as Gaston Václav Chalupa as courtisan Pavel Bousek as landlord Petr Klimes as Page Louvre Louis Storme as Colbert...
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    Claude, Anne d’Autriche. Paris: Hachette, 1980. "Irrité de voir tant de courtisans parler de "miracle", Louis XIII aurait répliqué que "ce n'était point...
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    der Karthager, 1879. A. Michel, Virgile et la politique impériale: un courtisan ou un philosophe?, 1971. R.C. Monti, The Dido Episode and the Aeneid:...
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    Documents sur Robert Stuart Seigneur d'Aubigny (1508-1544) Guerrier et courtisan au service de Louis XII et de François Ier (Paris, 2011). Bryony Coombs...
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    Jean-Paul de Saumeur (1598 — 20 December 1667), often called Chevalier Paul was a French admiral and naval officer who served in several Mediterranean...
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    Italy in 1515. Le Roux, Nicolas (2000). La Faveur du Roi: Mignons et Courtisans au Temps des Derniers Valois. Champ Vallon. Le Roux, Nicolas (2020). Portraits...
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    wife of Pasquale Malipiero, the doge in Venice in 1457–1462, and the courtisan Tullia d'Aragona held a salon already in the 16th century, and in the...
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    Le Courtisan suivant le Dernier Édit by Abraham Bosse – a French courtier casting aside lace, ribbons and slashed sleeves in favor of sober dress in accordance...
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    Montmorency, is examined by Nicolas Le Roux, La faveur du roi: Mignons et courtisans au temps des derniers Valois (Seyssel) 2001. Vincent Le Chevalier, in...
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    introduced new scents Je Reviens Couture (2004), W Superbe, Joyeux Retour, and Courtisan. Krick, Jessa. "Charles Frederick Worth (1825–1895) and The House of Worth"...
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    militaire philosophe, diplomate chansonnier, émigré patriote, républicain courtisan." Boufflers' Œuvres completes (complete works) were published under his...
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  • n'est pas un bon signe. LE COMTE: Vous l'avez eu par brigue, ėtant vieux courtisan. DON DIÈGUE: L'éclat de mes hauts faits fut mon seul partisan. LE COMTE:...
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    epistle translated from the Latin of Adrien Turnèbe, and with it Le Poète courtisan, which introduced the formal satire into French poetry. The Nouvelle Manière...
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    Conquérant 66/72 (launched November 1666 at Zaandam) – wrecked 1679 Courtisan 64/72 (launched December 1666 at Amsterdam) – renamed Magnifique in June...
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    1574-1589. Routledge. Le Roux, Nicolas (2000). La Faveur du Roi: Mignons et Courtisans au Temps des Derniers Valois. Champ Vallon. Le Roux, Nicolas (2020). Portraits...
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  •  232. ISBN 978-8412527858. Fig. 181 – Prince en trône flanqué de deux courtisans -Iran- vers 1170–1220 Samarcande, Musée National d'histoire (...) Des...
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    Anacharsis Cloots. Le Général Hiver by Michael Josselson. Le Livre du Courtisan by Baldassare Castiglione. George Orwell devant ses calomniateurs, en...
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    period of Ramses. 28. The New Kingdom: The period of Ramses. Princes and courtisans. 29. The Third Intermediate Period. The Saite period. The beginnings of...
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    Rohatyn. Father of Marina Mniszech (c. 1588—1614). Dealt with providing courtisans for the courts of some Commonwealth magnates. He is known for meddling...
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    California Press. Le Roux, Nicolas (2000). La Faveur du Roi: Mignons et Courtisans au Temps des Derniers Valois. Champ Vallon. Salmon, J.H.M (1979). Society...
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  • Mino Doro as Claudius Giuliano Gemma as Marcellus Annie Gorassini as Courtisan lover of Aulo Ceso Lia Angeleri as Vipidia Aroldo Tieri as Pirgo Pollinice...
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    University Press. Le Roux, Nicolas (2000). La Faveur du Roi: Mignons et Courtisans au Temps des Derniers Valois. Champ Vallon. Le Roux, Nicolas (2006). Un...
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    ISBN 978-0-86356-775-9. Le Roux, Nicolas (May 13, 2013). La Faveur du Roi: Mignons et courtisans au temps des derniers valois (vers 1547–vers 1589). Éditions Champ Vallon...
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  • ISBN 978-0-86356-775-9. Le Roux, Nicolas (May 13, 2013). La Faveur du Roi: Mignons et courtisans au temps des derniers valois (vers 1547–vers 1589). Éditions Champ Vallon...
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    California Press. Le Roux, Nicolas (2000). La Faveur du Roi: Mignons et Courtisans au Temps des Derniers Valois. Champ Vallon. Le Roux, Nicolas (2006). Un...
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    Brave 58 Entendu 60 Triomphant 76 Orgueilleux 94 Flag of Gabaret Fier 80 Fleuron 56 Courtisan 64 Grand 84 Flag of Pannetier Saint-Esprit 74 Sirène 64...
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  • Londres, Comedy in 4 tableaux, with Armand d'Artois 1828: Le Peintre et le courtisan, anecdotical comédie-vaudeville en 1 act 1828: L'Anneau de la fiancée...
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    avait conservé la simplicité des Suisses et acquis toute la finesse d'un courtisan français" (the Baron de Besenval had retained the simplicity of the Swiss...
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