Le prince et les animaux Une histoire zoologique de la cour de Versailles au siècle des Lumières (1715-1792)

• Main Author: Pieragnoli, Joan (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Published: Brussel Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles 2021
• Series: Etudes sur le XVIIIe siècle series 49
• Subjects: Humanities; Social & cultural history; European history; General & world history; histoire zoologique; Versailles; animaux; ménageries; Révolution; zoological history; Versailles; animals; menageries; French Revolution
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The zoological history proposed here, by looking at hunting practices and the management of animal populations that they entailed, attempts to explain the disaffection of Versailles in the 18th century.