DYK #MadamedeMaintenon (d.1719) & #MaryAstell (d.1731) warned marriage was dangerous for wives? Husbands were complete masters. Astell asked “If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born #slaves?” Ghosts of #WmnHist still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #equality
In 1683, Louis XIV secretly married Françoise d’Aubigné, born in poverty and later known as Madame de Maintenon. The hidden union reshaped Versailles and revealed how private ties altered royal power.
#TheLolgic #History #LouisXIV #Versailles #MadameDeMaintenon #Europe #France
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 19: #LAlléeDuRoi by #FrançoiseChandernagor
How was life for the (second) wife of #LouisXIV, le #RoiSoleil? Thanks to this #novel written as the #memoirs of #MadameDeMaintenon, we know it.
I’m told there’s a #TVseries too, but I havaen’t watched it.
Yet.
