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Courtly Culture in the Shadow of Versailles History 323 / Jan. 9, 2013

Courtly Culture in the Shadow of Versailles History 323 / Jan. 9, 2013

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Page 1: Courtly Culture in the Shadow of Versailles History 323 / Jan. 9, 2013

Courtly Culture in the Shadow of VersaillesHistory 323 / Jan. 9, 2013

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The Holy Roman Empire in 1648

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The Emperor and the Electors (Kurfürsten)

(Copper engraving by Abraham Aubry, Nuremberg, 1663/64)

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A meeting of the Reichstag, 1640

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Religious(“Confessional”)

divisions within the Holy Roman Empire,

1648

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Versailles: the standard of luxury

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Louis XIV is everywhere

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The “Sun God” motif

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The Hall of Mirrors

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The opera housewithin Versailles

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Outside, spectacular fountains

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A grotto: fantasy playgrounds

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Schönbrunn palace (late 17th Century; rebuilt in 18th)

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“Roman” ruins

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Clemens AugustArchbishop of Cologne, 1723-61

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Clemens August’sterritories:

Archbishopricof Cologne

Bishoprics ofHildesheim,

Münster,Osnabrück, Paderborn,

andWestphalia

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Augustusburg Palace, Brühl (outside Cologne)

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Entrystaircase

Designed byBalthasarNeumann

(1687-1753)

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Clemens August, everywhere you look

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En route to the audience chamber

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A (relatively modest) sitting room

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Exquisitewallpaper

(gold-crustedleather)

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The ballroom

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The garden

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The Archbishop goes hunting

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Falkenlust Palace

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Poppelsdorf Palace (in Bonn)

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The Archbishop’s central residence (in Bonn)

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The Hanseatic League at its peak

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Lübeck’s Holstein Gate, built 1477

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The dimensions of old Lübeck

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Lübeck, market square

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Lübeck, Rathaus

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Lübeck – the“Buddenbrooks House”