madame de tencin: liberation of null and void
A rockin’ nun. The liberation of Mme de Tencin. From convent to court, from bank to boudoir, she was always prone to argue. It was the beginning of the eighteenth-century and the rays of light were...
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Powerful advocates brought Alexandrine’s pleas to the ear of the pope, and in November 1712, her vows were formally annulled. It was the liberation of Mme de Tencin. From convent to court, and from...
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It was the Regency period in France, beginning in 1715 and was a hey-day of cynical license in the last legs of the aged Louis XIV. And Mme Alexandrine de Tencin found no lack of companions. Her vows...
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The liberation of Mme de Tencin. From convent to court, from bank to boudoir, she was always prone to argue. It was the end of the Louis XIV reign, a hey-day of cynical license that characterized the...
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