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The Encyclopédie
- January 22, 2022
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A fascinating Melvyn Bragg BBC podcast on the Encyclopédie, that embodiment of the Enlightenment and product of the intellectual hothouse that was Paris at the time (and which supposedly inspired Robert Damiens to attempt to assassinate Louis XV). However, good as it is, the podcast was broadcast in 2006 and does contain comments on -
The curious case of Louis-le-Grand
- December 11, 2021
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What do Abbé de Bernis, Voltaire and Robert Damiens all have in common, as well as being characters in ‘Casanova in Paris: The Shadows of the King’? Well, all three either studied at, or were employed by, Louis-le-Grand, one of the most prestigious schools in Paris. De Bernis and Voltaire were students and Robert -
Walking tour podcast of Diderot and Diderot’s Paris
- July 18, 2020
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Engaging podcast contextualising Diderot’s life and writing - here. ‘Casanova in Paris: The Shadows of the King’ is freely available here. 27 long form articles on Casanova’s life and times are freely available here. #paris #diderot #eighteenthcentury #history
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