Mémoires de Marie Mancini

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Mémoires de Marie Mancini is the autobiographical account of Marie Mancini, a 17th-century Italian noblewoman and early love of Louis XIV, offering insight into court life, personal agency, and female perspective in early modern Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf autobiographical work ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
author Marie Mancini ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
describes French royal court etiquette ⓘ
arranged marriage among European nobility ⓘ
constraints on female agency in the 17th century ⓘ
court life of Louis XIV ⓘ
emotional life of a 17th-century noblewoman ⓘ
political intrigues at the French court ⓘ
role of women in early modern European aristocracy ⓘ
documentedIn early modern women’s writing scholarship ⓘ
focusesOn personal agency of a noblewoman ⓘ
self-fashioning through narrative ⓘ
genre autobiography ⓘ
memoir literature ⓘ
hasPerspective female perspective ⓘ
first-person narrative ⓘ
hasTheme female autonomy ⓘ
love versus duty ⓘ
memory and self-representation ⓘ
power and vulnerability at court ⓘ
historicalFigureMentioned Cardinal Mazarin ⓘ
Louis XIV ⓘ
linked to: Louis XIV of France
language French ⓘ
literarySignificance early example of a woman’s autobiographical writing in early modern Europe ⓘ
source for historians of Louis XIV’s early reign ⓘ
literaryTradition French memoir tradition ⓘ
early modern women’s autobiographical writing ⓘ
mainSubject Marie Mancini ⓘ
narrativeMode first-person account ⓘ
retrospective narration ⓘ
originalPublicationCentury 17th century ⓘ
portrays conflict between personal desire and dynastic duty ⓘ
family pressures on aristocratic women ⓘ
relationship between Marie Mancini and Louis XIV ⓘ
setIn France ⓘ
French royal court ⓘ
early modern Europe ⓘ
subjectMatter courtship and separation from Louis XIV ⓘ
emotional suffering and resilience ⓘ
exile and displacement ⓘ
marriage politics in European courts ⓘ
timePeriodCovered 17th century ⓘ
youth of Louis XIV ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy historians of gender in early modern Europe ⓘ
literary historians of French memoir tradition ⓘ

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Marie Mancini → notableWork → Mémoires de Marie Mancini ⓘ
Hortense Mancini → notableWork → Mémoires d’Hortense et de Marie Mancini ⓘ
linked to: Mémoires de Marie Mancini
Maria Mancini → notableWork → Mémoires de Marie Mancini ⓘ