Podcasts about French Renaissance

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主播：Wendi（中国）+Selah（美国） 歌曲：Helpless今年奥运会开幕式（the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony）的很多创意都来源于一些French plays（法国戏剧）。今天，我们来聊一聊中西方戏剧的对比。01 历史起源和剧种分类法国是an important source of plays（戏剧的重要来源）。法国戏剧起源于medieval religious dramas（中世纪的宗教戏剧），这是一种有关宗教题材的戏剧。如mystery plays（神秘剧），它演绎的是选自《圣经》的一段神秘的故事，miracle plays（奇迹剧），一般是关于某个圣徒的奇迹，还有morality plays（道德剧），目的是教给人们某个重要的品德。· morality /məˈræləti/ n. 道德，品行They often performed in churches or public spaces (经常在教堂或公共场所上演).The French Renaissance (法国文艺复兴) brought a revival of classical themes and structures (带来了古典主题和结构的复兴), influenced by Greek and Roman models (受希腊和罗马模式的影响).古希腊戏剧（Greek theater）起源于公元前6世纪的Athens（雅典），是世界最古老的戏剧之一。它最早是在religious festivals（宗教节日）上表演的，为的是献给Dionysus (狄俄尼索斯）——古希腊的酒神，也是古希腊戏剧之神。· theater n. 戏剧古希腊戏剧主要分为两种类型：tragedy（悲剧），一般是关于human suffering（人类经历的痛苦）；comedy（喜剧），经常非常讽刺（satirical）。其实中国的戏剧也属于世界古老戏剧之一，据说最早也是一种民间的歌舞仪式，一般以祈福、求神、祭祀等等为主题，和古希腊戏剧有相似之处。中国的京剧（Peking Opera）主要有文戏和武戏两种类型。武戏一般是打斗的主题（martial subjects），有关war（战争）, rebellion and intrigue（叛乱和阴谋），注重演员的martial arts（武术）功底和身体动作的表演。· martial /ˈmɑ:rʃ(ə)l/ adj. 尚武的文戏一般主题是和social life（社会生活）有关，通过dialogue（对白）和lyrics（唱词）来讲一段故事，传达角色情感。02 表演风格差异中西戏剧在performing style（表演风格）上有比较大的差异。西方歌剧在表演过程中focus on（注重）powerful singing（强有力的演唱）和emotional expression（情感表达），表演是self-explanatory（不言自明的），fluid（流畅的），以及life-like（写实的）。这些也和西方其他的艺术作品风格一脉相承。· explanatory /ɪkˈsplænətɔ:ri/ adj. 解释的，说明的比如舞台上的props（道具）都是identical to the object in real life（模仿现实中真实的物品），还有很多舞台效果都很写实，比如fake blood（假血）, fake knives（仿真刀），或者sound effects（音效）等等。· identical adj. 完全相同的相比于西方戏剧，中国的传统戏剧更加的symbolic（写意）。For example, many movements（许多人物的动作）are just imitating actions （模仿真实情景）, like riding a horse, or entering a room.· symbolic adj. 用作象征的，被认为是象征的It's not so straightforward (它并不是很直接). It is symbolic where the audience infers what is happening in that moment (观众推断在那一刻在发生着什么).· infer v. 推断，推论舞台上的道具are also not exactly life-like（也不是那么写实）。有些剧里的道具只有一张桌子，当演员坐在旁边的时候它是桌子，当演员站在上面张望的时候它又变成了城楼。03 中西方戏剧的人物角色划分The roles in traditional Chinese operas（中国的传统戏剧） are fixed（是固定的）。京剧的角色有四大行当：生旦净丑。Sheng（生）, which refers to male roles（男性角色），and Dan（旦）, the female roles（女性角色）。除了the main male and female characters，还有Jing（净），who play with their face painted（花脸），他们扮演的是一些比较严肃的角色，比如warriors（士兵）， heroes（英雄）还有statesmen（政治家）。Chou（丑）, which is the clown（小丑）, also has a painted face, with a patch of white paint around his eyes and nose（一般在眼睛和鼻子的这个位置会涂上一块白色），用来营造comic effect（喜剧效果）。京剧中，各类角色根据剧中人物的身份、气质与性格的不同，都有固定的脸谱、扮相和服饰。Using body and face makeup or paint is a great way to show which characters they are!在西方的戏剧中，会有protagonists（主人公），他们是整部戏剧的核心，drive the plot（推动着情节的发展），他们也经常face challenges or a tragic fate（面对挑战或者悲惨的命运）。· protagonist /prəˈtæɡənɪst/ n. 主人公主角的对立方就是antagonist，一般就是the character opposing the protagonist（剧里面的反派）。· antagonist /ænˈtæɡənɪst/ n. 对手；敌人西方戏剧里还有一类演员是the chorus，一个小的歌队或者合唱团，起的是类似于旁白的作用，他们会comment on the action（对情节做一些评论），provide background information（补充背景信息）。· chorus /ˈkɔ:rəs/ n. 合唱团除了这些角色之外，还会有heroes（男性英雄角色），heroine（女性英雄角色），comic heroes（喜剧角色），villains（恶霸角色），lovers（情人）等等。· villain /ˈvɪlən/ n. 恶棍西方戏剧中角色的分类不像京剧里这么固定，一般会根据他们的voice pitch（声调）和voice range（音域）来定。· pitch n. 音高04 中西方看剧的习惯The audience is also an important part of a play（观众也是戏剧很重要的一环）. 一个好的喜剧是completed by the performers and the audience（由演员和观众共同完成）。audience /ˈɑːdiəns/ n. 观众中国的传统戏曲通常是performed in the open air（在露天演出），所以technically（严格说来）它不像是在一个closed theater（封闭式剧院）。有一个 rising trend nowadays（当下的趋势），就是这些戏剧正在moving into the theaters（搬到剧院里），而且there has been a resurgent interest among the young people（年轻人也重新拾起了对传统戏剧的兴趣）。resurgent /rɪˈsɜ:rdʒənt/ adj. 复兴的；再度流行的在西方，去剧院看戏剧也变得less common than it used to be（比之前更少见）, 而且比较昂贵，但依然是valued in western culture（在西方文化中受到重视的）。 现在有了电视和streaming（流媒体），戏剧也can be watched online（可以在网上观看）。更丰富的选择和观看方式has opened up this world to many（为许多人打开了这个世界）！而在网上看到一些amazing（超级棒的）戏剧之后，很多中国年轻人也start to show great interest in going to the theaters（开始对去剧院这件事充满兴趣）！

After a deluge of questions relating to garden critters, RHS Principal Entomologist Hayley Jones makes the case for why you shouldn't be too quick to eradicate slugs and snails from your garden. Artist and ‘accidental activist' Paul Harfleet shares how he has been transforming sites of hate crime through guerilla gardening. Finally, Rosemoor's Peter Adams talks about the benefits of potager gardening, a style of ornamental kitchen gardens with roots in the formal gardens of the French Renaissance. Host: Gareth Richards Contributors: Hayley Jones, Paul Harfleet, Peter Adams Other Links: The Pansy Project More Information on Slugs and Snails The Potager and Cottage Garden

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Marguerite, Queen of Navarre (1492 – 1549), author of the Heptaméron, a major literary landmark in the French Renaissance. Published after her death, The Heptaméron features 72 short stories, many of which explore relations between the sexes. However, Marguerite's life was more eventful than that of many writers. Born into the French nobility, she found herself the sister of the French king when her brother Francis I came to the throne in 1515. At a time of growing religious change, Marguerite was a leading exponent of reform in the Catholic Church and translated an early work of Martin Luther into French. As the Reformation progressed, she was not afraid to take risks to protect other reformers.With Sara Barker Associate Professor of Early Modern History and Director of the Centre for the Comparative History of Print at the University of LeedsEmily Butterworth Professor of Early Modern French at King's College LondonAnd Emma Herdman Lecturer in French at the University of St AndrewsProducer: Simon TillotsonReading list: Giovanni Boccaccio (trans. Wayne A. Rebhorn), The Decameron (Norton, 2013)Emily Butterworth, Marguerite de Navarre: A Critical Companion (Boydell &Brewer, 2022)Patricia Cholakian and Rouben Cholakian, Marguerite de Navarre: Mother of the Renaissance (Columbia University Press, 2006)Gary Ferguson, Mirroring Belief: Marguerite de Navarre's Devotional Poetry (Edinburgh University Press, 1992)Gary Ferguson and Mary B. McKinley (eds.), A Companion to Marguerite de Navarre (Brill, 2013)Mark Greengrass, The French Reformation (John Wiley & Sons, 1987)R.J. Knecht, The Rise and Fall of Renaissance France (Fontana Press, 2008)R.J. Knecht, Renaissance Warrior and Patron: The Reign of Francis I (Cambridge University Press, 2008)John D. Lyons and Mary B. McKinley (eds.), Critical Tales: New Studies of the ‘Heptaméron' and Early Modern Culture (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993)Marguerite de Navarre (trans. Paul Chilton), The Heptameron (Penguin, 2004)Marguerite de Navarre (trans. Rouben Cholakian and Mary Skemp), Selected Writings: A Bilingual Edition (University of Chicago Press, 2008) Marguerite de Navarre (trans. Hilda Dale), The Coach and The Triumph of the Lamb (Elm Press, 1999)Marguerite de Navarre (trans. Hilda Dale), The Prisons (Whiteknights, 1989)Marguerite de Navarre (ed. Gisèle Mathieu-Castellani), L'Heptaméron (Libraririe générale française, 1999)Jonathan A. Reid, King's Sister – Queen of Dissent: Marguerite of Navarre (1492-1549) and her Evangelical Network (Brill, 2009)Paula Sommers, ‘The Mirror and its Reflections: Marguerite de Navarre's Biblical Feminism' (Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, 5, 1986)Kathleen Wellman, Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France (Yale University Press, 2013)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Marguerite, Queen of Navarre (1492 – 1549), author of the Heptaméron, a major literary landmark in the French Renaissance. Published after her death, The Heptaméron features 72 short stories, many of which explore relations between the sexes. However, Marguerite's life was more eventful than that of many writers. Born into the French nobility, she found herself the sister of the French king when her brother Francis I came to the throne in 1515. At a time of growing religious change, Marguerite was a leading exponent of reform in the Catholic Church and translated an early work of Martin Luther into French. As the Reformation progressed, she was not afraid to take risks to protect other reformers.With Sara Barker Associate Professor of Early Modern History and Director of the Centre for the Comparative History of Print at the University of LeedsEmily Butterworth Professor of Early Modern French at King's College LondonAnd Emma Herdman Lecturer in French at the University of St AndrewsProducer: Simon TillotsonReading list: Giovanni Boccaccio (trans. Wayne A. Rebhorn), The Decameron (Norton, 2013)Emily Butterworth, Marguerite de Navarre: A Critical Companion (Boydell &Brewer, 2022)Patricia Cholakian and Rouben Cholakian, Marguerite de Navarre: Mother of the Renaissance (Columbia University Press, 2006)Gary Ferguson, Mirroring Belief: Marguerite de Navarre's Devotional Poetry (Edinburgh University Press, 1992)Gary Ferguson and Mary B. McKinley (eds.), A Companion to Marguerite de Navarre (Brill, 2013)Mark Greengrass, The French Reformation (John Wiley & Sons, 1987)R.J. Knecht, The Rise and Fall of Renaissance France (Fontana Press, 2008)R.J. Knecht, Renaissance Warrior and Patron: The Reign of Francis I (Cambridge University Press, 2008)John D. Lyons and Mary B. McKinley (eds.), Critical Tales: New Studies of the ‘Heptaméron' and Early Modern Culture (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993)Marguerite de Navarre (trans. Paul Chilton), The Heptameron (Penguin, 2004)Marguerite de Navarre (trans. Rouben Cholakian and Mary Skemp), Selected Writings: A Bilingual Edition (University of Chicago Press, 2008) Marguerite de Navarre (trans. Hilda Dale), The Coach and The Triumph of the Lamb (Elm Press, 1999)Marguerite de Navarre (trans. Hilda Dale), The Prisons (Whiteknights, 1989)Marguerite de Navarre (ed. Gisèle Mathieu-Castellani), L'Heptaméron (Libraririe générale française, 1999)Jonathan A. Reid, King's Sister – Queen of Dissent: Marguerite of Navarre (1492-1549) and her Evangelical Network (Brill, 2009)Paula Sommers, ‘The Mirror and its Reflections: Marguerite de Navarre's Biblical Feminism' (Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, 5, 1986)Kathleen Wellman, Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France (Yale University Press, 2013)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Marguerite, Queen of Navarre (1492 – 1549), author of the Heptaméron, a major literary landmark in the French Renaissance. Published after her death, The Heptaméron features 72 short stories, many of which explore relations between the sexes. However, Marguerite's life was more eventful than that of many writers. Born into the French nobility, she found herself the sister of the French king when her brother Francis I came to the throne in 1515. At a time of growing religious change, Marguerite was a leading exponent of reform in the Catholic Church and translated an early work of Martin Luther into French. As the Reformation progressed, she was not afraid to take risks to protect other reformers.With Sara Barker Associate Professor of Early Modern History and Director of the Centre for the Comparative History of Print at the University of LeedsEmily Butterworth Professor of Early Modern French at King's College LondonAnd Emma Herdman Lecturer in French at the University of St AndrewsProducer: Simon TillotsonReading list: Giovanni Boccaccio (trans. Wayne A. Rebhorn), The Decameron (Norton, 2013)Emily Butterworth, Marguerite de Navarre: A Critical Companion (Boydell &Brewer, 2022)Patricia Cholakian and Rouben Cholakian, Marguerite de Navarre: Mother of the Renaissance (Columbia University Press, 2006)Gary Ferguson, Mirroring Belief: Marguerite de Navarre's Devotional Poetry (Edinburgh University Press, 1992)Gary Ferguson and Mary B. McKinley (eds.), A Companion to Marguerite de Navarre (Brill, 2013)Mark Greengrass, The French Reformation (John Wiley & Sons, 1987)R.J. Knecht, The Rise and Fall of Renaissance France (Fontana Press, 2008)R.J. Knecht, Renaissance Warrior and Patron: The Reign of Francis I (Cambridge University Press, 2008)John D. Lyons and Mary B. McKinley (eds.), Critical Tales: New Studies of the ‘Heptaméron' and Early Modern Culture (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993)Marguerite de Navarre (trans. Paul Chilton), The Heptameron (Penguin, 2004)Marguerite de Navarre (trans. Rouben Cholakian and Mary Skemp), Selected Writings: A Bilingual Edition (University of Chicago Press, 2008) Marguerite de Navarre (trans. Hilda Dale), The Coach and The Triumph of the Lamb (Elm Press, 1999)Marguerite de Navarre (trans. Hilda Dale), The Prisons (Whiteknights, 1989)Marguerite de Navarre (ed. Gisèle Mathieu-Castellani), L'Heptaméron (Libraririe générale française, 1999)Jonathan A. Reid, King's Sister – Queen of Dissent: Marguerite of Navarre (1492-1549) and her Evangelical Network (Brill, 2009)Paula Sommers, ‘The Mirror and its Reflections: Marguerite de Navarre's Biblical Feminism' (Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, 5, 1986)Kathleen Wellman, Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France (Yale University Press, 2013)

This soft spoken bedtime story explores the histories of three well-known palaces: Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany: an extravagant and romantic retreat envisioned by King Ludwig II; Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England: the longest-occupied royal residence in Europe with almost a millennium of architectural history; Château de Chambord in France: a marvellous French Renaissance palace commissioned by King Francis I. Listen on Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LightsOutLibraryov⁠⁠⁠⁠ ¿Quieres escuchar en Español? Echa un vistazo a La Biblioteca de los Sueños! En Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1t522alsv5RxFsAf9AmYfg⁠⁠⁠⁠ En Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/la-biblioteca-de-los-sue%C3%B1os-documentarios-para-dormir/id1715193755⁠⁠⁠⁠ En Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LaBibliotecadelosSuenosov⁠

Centuries before Proust's Remembrance of Things Past took us on a tour of memory and James Joyce played with stream of consciousness, a 16th century nobleman - Michel de Montaigne - developed a wholly new style of reflective prose that examined his place in the world. His thoughts, questions and worries appear on the page as though they are your own, at once intensely personal to his own life yet somehow universal. In this episode of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb talks about the enduring legacy of the essays of Montaigne with Sarah Bakewell, author of How to Live, or a life of Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at an answer.This episode was produced by Rob Weinberg.Discover the past with exclusive history documentaries and ad-free podcasts presented by world-renowned historians from History Hit. Watch them on your smart TV or on the go with your mobile device. Get 50% off your first 3 months with code TUDORS sign up now for your 14-day free trial> You can take part in our listener survey here >

“My life has been full of terrible misfortunes, most of which never happened.” Thus said Michel de Montaigne, the French Renaissance philosopher. How much energy do I give to my worries, anxieties and fears? 

In this episode we talk with Mitch Rice, winemaker at Mersenne Wines. This boutique winery chose French Renaissance monk Marin Mersenne as their namesake, to represent their approach to winemaking. Marin Mersenne discovered the formula to find Prime numbers (which is still used today!) and Mersenne Wines believes in finding the perfect, 'prime' fruit to make their wines. This Renaissance man was also one of the first to describe musical harmony, and Mitch and his partner Robin Youngdahl hope to create wines that reflect a harmonious nature. Mitch shares a bottle of his Rutherford AVA Merlot with hosts Coco and Michelle, and blows us away with the complex, inviting style from this often maligned varietal. Mersenne Wines also hosts very intimate concerts for wine club members, and the next one is on April 15th with artist Rozzi. Learn more at mersennewines.com

No doubt that we're in good hands with interview guest Henrik Lagerlund, who brings his expertise in the history of skepticism to bear on the French Renaissance.

In this episode of The Tudor History & Travel Show, we travel to the Loire Valley, France, to visit the beautiful Château de Chenonceau. We step back in time, as we tour this incredible building, following the stories of five important Tudor ladies.  Joined by our guide, Amelie Lanseaux, we head to the tranquil, riverside setting to wander through the sun-drenched rooms of a building that was once home to the French Renaissance court.  Some useful links, mentioned in this episode, are below:  To see a gallery of images associated with the places we discuss in this episode, head to the associated show notes page and blog here. This blog is a guest blog by Katie Marshall, while the gallery of images was compiled by The Tudor Travel Guide. To explore more of the Châteaux of the Loire Valley, check out this video.  For Château de Chenonceau visitor information, click here.   Please Note: This is a shorter version of the full episode. The latter is available only to the show's patrons. You can become a patron for as little as US$1 a month. For more information and to become a patron, follow this link.   In the meantime, if you want to keep up to date with all the Tudor Travel Guide's adventures, as well as top tips for planning your own Tudor road trip, don't forget to subscribe to the blog via www.thetudortravelguide.com.   This podcast now has an accompanying closed Facebook group, dedicated to discussing the places and artefacts discussed in each episode. it is also a place to ask your fellow Tudor time travellers questions about visiting Tudor locations or planning your Tudor-themed vacation or sharing your top tips to help others get the most out of their Tudor adventures on the road. Go to The Tudor History & Travel Show: Hitting the Road to join the community.    You can also find The Tudor Travel Guide on  Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook   Show Credits: Presenter: Sarah Morris Guest: Amelie Lanseaux Produced by Cutting Crew Productions

Le Château de Maintenon, ce château de style Renaissance française serait resté probablement largement inconnu s'il n'était pas devenu la résidence de la femme cachée de Louis XIV.Traduction:Le Château de Maintenon, this French Renaissance-style castle would probably have remained largely unknown if it hadn't become home to the secret wife of Louis XIV.   Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Le Château de Maintenon, ce château de style Renaissance française serait resté probablement largement inconnu s'il n'était pas devenu la résidence de la femme cachée de Louis XIV. Traduction: Le Château de Maintenon, this French Renaissance-style castle would probably have remained largely unknown if it hadn't become home to the secret wife of Louis XIV.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

UNESCO World Heritage site the Château de Chambord became one of the world's most majestic concert venues this week, as British rocker Sting performed against the backdrop of its French Renaissance towers. The star also spoke about how his 1985 hit "Russians" is finding new relevance after the invasion of Ukraine.

Episode 71 The continuation of the story of Renaissance theatre in France. The rise of the two theatres in Paris as travelling players were at last allowed to perform in the city. Antoine de Montchrestien and his version of Greek tragedy. The three farceurs Henri Legrand, Robert Guerin, and Hugues Gueru who made the Theatre du Bourgogne the venue in Paris for comedy. The development of the Theatre du Bourgogne under the management of Valeran le Conte and the establishment of ‘Comediens Du Roi'. The emergence of Alexandre Hardy and his prolific life as a playwright. A life in the theatre for the actors of the time Theophile Viaud and Jean Mairet - champions of the Aristotelian stage Jean du Rotrou the last French renaissance playwright Support the podcast at: www.thehistoryofeuropentheatre.com www.ko-fi.com/thoetp www.patreon.com/thoetp This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart   Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee   Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community   Historical Events 1533 Birth of Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (books by this author), also known as Lord of Montaigne, French Renaissance philosopher. He was a prolific writer and was famous for his anecdotes. He once wrote, I want death to find me planting my cabbages, neither worrying about it nor the unfinished gardening.”   1828 On this day, Frederick William Beechey (books about this person) wrote to William Jackson Hooker (books about this person) to apologize for sending an inferior collection of specimens. He explained that the expedition's collector opted to play the violin seven hours each day instead of exploring and gathering plants.   1844 The New England Journal published a little notice about a use for the milky sap of Sumac: [It] is the best indelible ink that can be used.  Break off one of the stems that support the leaves, and write...  In a short time it becomes a beautiful jet black, and can never be washed out.   1877 Birth of André Simon (books by this author), French wine merchant, wine expert, and writer. In The Concise Encyclopedia of Gastronomy (1952), André wrote, Beans... possess over all vegetables the great advantage of being just as good, if not better, when kept waiting, an advantage in the case of people whose disposition or occupation makes it difficult for them to be punctual at mealtime.   Grow That Garden Library™ Book Recommendation Hill House Living by Paula Sutton This book came out late in 2021, and the subtitle is The Art of Creating a Joyful Life. Paula's book is a delight. It's part antique-hunting, part gardening, and part a celebration of the seasons. A beloved British design and fashion influencer, Paula left her busy life in London at age 50 and started over in a gorgeous cottage home in the country. Paula likes to say she traded catwalks for dog walks (she has a beautiful lab) and couture for manure. A master of styling with vintage treasures in the home and outside in the garden, Paula shares all of her top tips and tricks for bargain hunting, repurposing, and incorporating old and new in a way that feels fresh, simple, and stylish. As a person, Paula is positive, generous, and authentic. You will love following her on social and having a little bit of her genius right on your bookcase, coffee table, or bedside table (which is where mine is as I write this ;). You can get a copy of Hill House Living by Paula Sutton and support the show using the Amazon link in today's show notes for $15.   Botanic Spark 1865 Birth of Arthur William Symons (books by this author), British poet, critic, and magazine editor. Here's an excerpt from his poem, Lillian, which appreciates the green powers of the hot-house: This was a sweet white wildwood violet I found among the painted slips that grow Where, under hot-house glass, the flowers forget How the sun shines, and how the cool winds blow.   Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener And remember: For a happy, healthy life, garden every day.

Episode 70 Catherine De Medici, her arrival in Paris for marriage to Henry, second son of Francis 1st.  Her cultural influence and role as wife of the King, and mother to three successive French rulers. The Hotel De Bourgogne, the only playhouse in Paris Mellin de Saint-Gelais the royal librarian who penned adaptations of Italian tragedy Etienne Jodelle was hailed as the new Sophocles after his first play, but quickly fell out of favour after his second and some intemperate praise. The strong adherence to Aristotelian rules of theatre Jean de La Taille continues in Jodelle's footsteps with Greek inspired tragedy and lighter pieces. Jean Antoine de Baif gets concerned about playwrights straying from Aristotle Robert Garnier's influential plays, including an adaptation of Ariosto.  Including an example of how Thomas Kyd was inspired by his work. How the monopoly on theatrical performance of the Confraternity of the Passion was broken and a description of their playhouse, the Hotel De Bourgogne.  The arrival of the second playhouse and the first professional actress of the Parisian stage. Support the podcast at: http://www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com/ (www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com) http://www.patreon.com/thoetp (www.patreon.com/thoetp) http://www.ko-fi.com/thoetp (www.ko-fi.com/thoetp) This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Michel de Montaigne was a 16th-century French Renaissance philosopher and aristocrat. His famous work Essays is a collection of writings exploring humanity, and especial one human in particular - Montaigne himself. The work, though criticized for its style at the time, was influential in making the essay (lit. "trial") a popular form of writing. This week, The Good Fight will explore Montaigne's sense of self, as well as the skepticism he has and its relationship to words. Resources for this episode: The text from Project Gutenberg Wikipedia page

With its 2,500 castles, the Loire Valley is the cradle of the French Renaissance. But this priceless heritage requires constant maintenance. With state-of the-art technology, as well as historical research and know-how, French artists and craftspeople are innovating to return these gems of the past to their original state. We take a closer look.

Our Fairy-Tale romance month wouldn't be complete without a classic Cinderella story! This week we are watching the 1998 American romantic drama film inspired by the Cinderella fairy tale, Ever After. Listen as our cohosts discuss the many French Renaissance-era costumes designed by Jenny Beavan. Topics include the famous winged dress worn by Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston as Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent, Leonardo da Vinci's wardrobe, and the various red flags of Prince Henry. You better listen before you turn into a pumpkin! Head to TheArtofCostumeBlogcast.com to subscribe, read show notes, and send us your movie and television requests! Please consider supporting the podcast by becoming an official member of our new Patreon! For our Patrons, we'll be posting highlights, funny moments, and unheard bloopers. We'll also be posting additional, special episodes just for Patreon members. Head to Patreon.com/TheArtOfCostume for all of the details. The Art of Costume Blogcast official merch store is now open! Go to TheArtOfCostume.com/PodStore where you can buy an awesome Blogcast shirt, print, coffee mug, and a whole host of other possibilities from TeePublic. We will be adding more designs as the podcast continues! Follow The Art of Costume Blogcast on Instagram at @TheArtofCostumePod. For more costume reviews, deep dives, and interviews, visit TheArtofCostume.com - a blog dedicated to highlighting the best in costume design! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theartofcostume/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartofcostume/support

Our Fairy-Tale romance month wouldn't be complete without a classic Cinderella story! This week we are watching the 1998 American romantic drama film inspired by the Cinderella fairy tale, Ever After. Listen as our cohosts discuss the many French Renaissance-era costumes designed by Jenny Beavan. Topics include the famous winged dress worn by Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston as Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent, Leonardo da Vinci's wardrobe, and the various red flags of Prince Henry. You better listen before you turn into a pumpkin! Head to TheArtofCostumeBlogcast.com to subscribe, read show notes, and send us your movie and television requests! Please consider supporting the podcast by becoming an official member of our new Patreon! For our Patrons, we'll be posting highlights, funny moments, and unheard bloopers. We'll also be posting additional, special episodes just for Patreon members. Head to Patreon.com/TheArtOfCostume for all of the details. The Art of Costume Blogcast official merch store is now open! Go to TheArtOfCostume.com/PodStore where you can buy an awesome Blogcast shirt, print, coffee mug, and a whole host of other possibilities from TeePublic. We will be adding more designs as the podcast continues! Follow The Art of Costume Blogcast on Instagram at @TheArtofCostumePod. For more costume reviews, deep dives, and interviews, visit TheArtofCostume.com - a blog dedicated to highlighting the best in costume design! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theartofcostume/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartofcostume/support

A French philosopher from the 16th century advises humility on what we don't know, but that we are still born to inquire after the truth.“It [truth] is not, as Democritus said, hid in the bottom of the deeps, but rather elevated to an infinite height in the divine knowledge. The world is but a school of inquisition: it is not who shall enter the ring, but who shall run the best courses.”Michele de Montaigne

As a discipline, landscape architecture has distanced itself from gardening, and landscape architects take pains to distinguish themselves from gardeners or landscapers. Landscape architects tend to imagine gardens from the office, representing plants with drawings or other simulations, whereas gardeners work in the dirt, in real time, planting, pruning, and maintaining. In Overgrown, Raxworthy calls for the integration of landscape architecture and gardening. Each has something to offer the other: Landscape architecture can design beautiful spaces, and gardening can enhance and deepen the beauty of garden environments over time. Growth, says Raxworthy, is the medium of garden development; landscape architects should leave the office and go into the garden in order to know growth in an organic, nonsimulated way. Raxworthy proposes a new practice for working with plant material that he terms “the viridic” (after “the tectonic” in architecture), from the Latin word for green, with its associations of spring and growth. He builds his argument for the viridic through six generously illustrated case studies of gardens that range from “formal” to “informal” approaches—from a sixteenth-century French Renaissance water garden to a Scottish poet-scientist's “marginal” garden, barely differentiated from nature. Raxworthy argues that landscape architectural practice itself needs to be “gardened,” brought back into the field. He offers a “Manifesto for the Viridic” that casts designers and plants as vegetal partners in a renewed practice of landscape gardening.

This is “ A House on the Hill”, a podcast about deconstructing settler colonial narratives in architectural history. My name is Piao Liu and my name is Elena M'Bouroukounda and today we invite you to join our conversation about the 19th century American Biltmore Estate. In this episode, we will examine the critical relationship between Appalachia, the Biltmore estate, and French Renaissance architecture by considering the role of folk identity in the construction of settler colonial narratives. Show Notes Available at: https://www.sahraah.com/race-podcast

A professora Elaine Sartorelli, do Departamento de Letras Clássicas e Vernáculas da FFLCH-USP, fala sobre a redescoberta das obras clássicas no Renascimento e seu impacto na transição da Idade Média para a Idade Moderna. Elaine Cristine Sartorelli graduou-se em Letras (1997) pela Universidade de São Paulo, onde ingressou como docente em 2001. Tornou-se mestre (2000) com a dissertação “O programa de Miguel Servet para a Restituição do Cristianismo: Teologia e Retórica na Apologia a Melanchthon” e doutora (2006) com a tese “Estratégias de Construção e de Legitimação do Ethos na Causa Veritatis: Miguel Servet e as Polêmicas Religiosas do Século XVI”, pela mesma instituição. Atua lecionando e pesquisando sobre retórica, século XVI, humanismo e renascimento, língua latina (tradução) e ethos. É fundadora e líder do Grupo de Pesquisa República das Letras e presidiu a Sociedade Brasileira de Retórica no biênio 2013-2014. Sugestão de Leitura: BARBIER, Frédéric. A Europa de Gutenberg: o livro e a invenção da modernidade ocidental. São Paulo: Edusp, 2018. CAVE, Terence. The Cornucopian Text: problems in writing in the French Renaissance. Oxford, 1979. DELUMEAU, Jean. A Civilização do Renascimento. Lisboa: Ed. 70, 2007 (1a. ed.) ERASMO DE ROTTERDAM. O Elogio da Loucura. São Paulo: Hedra, 2010. MACK, Peter. A History of Renaissance Rhetoric 1380-1620. Oxford, 2013. SEVCENKO, Nicolau. O Renascimento. Campinas: Unicamp, 1986. Ficha Técnica: Coordenação Geral Paulo Martins Roteiro e Gravação Elaine Sartorelli Produção Renan Braz Edição Renan Braz Música Pecora Loca - Ode Anacreôntica 39

What is Stereotomy or L'Art du Trait?  it can be defined as the art and science of cutting three-dimensional solids into particular shapes.  It starts off as a drawing, moves on to a conceptual model to work out all the detail and then the carpenter or mason scales it up to the real structure.  Sounds easy?  Not so  You have likely seen examples of this while scrolling through pictures that make you wonder how did stone or wood bend or stretch into those sensual and intricate shapes.  Its carpentry and masonry taken to the highest level of intricacy to achieve the unthinkable.  All without the use of a calculator or complex trigonometry.  It defies all logic in this day in age where we tend to think in fixed angles or constraints.    Today we could likely use a 3D rendering software to project complex masterpieces of the French Renaissance or Baroque periods, and thankfully the training is still honoured in Europe to accomplish this.Patrick Moore lives just outside of Ottawa, ON and is the first North American to complete the extensive Tour de France, with the a title Le Canadien 'L'Ami du Trait', the first North and South American Compagnon Passant Charpentier.  I met Patrick while he was learning heritage masonry in Perth, ON.  Patrick then moved on to carpentry and wanted to learn and apprentice as a journeyman in France.  Eventually Patrick graduated with a Master thesis that is on display in Montreal at the Musee des Maitres et Artisans du Quebec.  Patrick believes that by sharing this knowledge, he will empower others to do the same and the beautiful language of stereotomy or L'art du trait will not be lost.   Its such a great message and I am really impressed with Patrick and the journey he chose to learn these amazing skills.http://www.historicalcarpentry.com/home-12.htmlhttps://timberframehq.com/spotlight-patrick-moore-professional-school-practical-stereotomy/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretto_Chapelhttp://www.cathedrale-chartres.org/

From Nov. 5, 2020: Suzanne Savoy & Shayla Benoit share with us some defining moments of courage.Suzanne Savoy describes the courage of Christine de Pizan, A French Renaissance author. Shayla Benoit reveals her secrets to overcoming a recent battle. Together, they discuss how past and present courage has saved their lives.

The Grand Prix Emilia Romagna gave us a lot to dissect, with Renaults second podium, a Lewis victory, and Red Bull's growing Verstappen problem... Luckily The Boys are here to break it down! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-formation-lap/support

In this episode Julie and I talk about her career as a teacher, her love of lace and the French Renaissance, side-hustling and transitioning to becoming her own boss. Julie believes that if you have a passion, you can turn it into a business... and with ‘smarts’ you'll can figure it out!

(This program was originally broadcast live on July 28, 2020) Tom's guest is Adam Gopnik, a staff writer for The New Yorker Magazine for the past 34 years. The author of numerous books, including eclectic essay collections and children's novels, Gopnik's latest is an homage to liberalism. The book explores liberalism's roots with the French Renaissance philosopher, Michel de Montaigne, and the so-called Age of Enlightenment, and traces its history through the present day. Gopnik observes that liberalism was preceded by humanism and the affection for and elevation of a sense of community, forged around shared choices. He calls it a fact-first philosophy with a feelings-first history. It favors reform over revolution. It is premised in love and empathy, and what he calls “a belief that the sympathy that binds human society together can disconnect us from our clannish & suspicious past.”

If we wish to improve the happiness in our relationships with others, empathy seems to be a key. Our busy life gave us plenty of opportunities to practice our dare of being more empathetic from an argument with a stranger to receiving bad news.  Listen to our discussion circling around psychological studies and French Renaissance philosophy to arrive at the discovery of what does it mean to be truly empathetic in real life and how that can build more happiness in your relationships.  Follow on Instagram for more ideas son how to boost your happiness @AndHappinessOfficialKlaudia Mitura is a Learning & Development Specialist | Boosting Work Happiness to Support Growth & Innovation.Kitty Newman is a digital marketing expert with a passion for play and bringing happiness to the world of social media marketing. Support the show (http://www.andhappiness.co.uk)

Tom's guest today is Adam Gopnik, a staff writer for The New Yorker Magazine for the past 34 years. The author of numerous books, including eclectic essay collections and children's novels, Gopnik's latest is an homage to liberalism. The book explores liberalism's roots with the French Renaissance philosopher, Michel de Montaigne, and the so-called Age of Enlightenment, and traces its history through the present day. Gopnik observes that liberalism was preceded by humanism and the affection for and elevation of a sense of community, forged around shared choices. He calls it a fact-first philosophy with a feelings-first history. It favors reform over revolution. It is premised in love and empathy, and what he calls “a belief that the sympathy that binds human society together can disconnect us from our clannish & suspicious past.” While most people associate liberalism with a left-leaning world view, to Gopnik’s eye, it occupies a kind of intellectual center, although it is not to be confused with centrism, which Gopnik suggests is more akin to populism. The book is called A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism (Basic Books). Tom spoke with Adam Gopnik about the book when it came out last summer. It’s just been released in paperback, with a new Afterword that addresses what the author describes as the intensifying threats to liberalism from authoritarians on the right, and the left. Tom welcomes Adam Gopnik back for the hour today. He joins us via Zoom from his home in New York.

Out of all the places to visit in Paris, Versailles stands pre-eminent. Built by king Louis XIV and his predecessor it's a tribute to excess and luxury. It's rich in history from the French Renaissance and Revolution all the way up to famous weddings in our day. Millions of people visit Versailles every year and it will cost you a lot of money and time to visit but it's worth it! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/TravelingTwogether/support

Ancient Hebrew devotional songs – tehillim (ψαλμοί, Psalms)– have reached us only as written texts. However, for thousands of years they have endlessly inspired composers to recreate the vanished music. This episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast presents daring attempts at writing a "soundtrack" to Psalms – from French Renaissance to New York avant-garde of the 21st century.Download the entire episodeDetailed descriptionHenry Purcell. Out of the Deep (Ps. 130) 00:00-06:22Arvo Pärt. Psalom (Ps. 113) 06:23-10:39J. S. Bach. Meine Seele wartet (Ps. 130) 10:40-14:54Pierre Certon. Du fond de ma pensée (Ps. 130) 14:55-16:18Salamone Rossi. Shir ha-maalot (Ps. 128) 16:19-18:40Arthur Honegger. Mimaamaquim (Ps. 130) 18:41-23:26Steve Reich. WTC (fragment with Psalms) 23:27-27:52Krzysztof Penderecki. Psalmus 1961 27:53-33:02Древнееврейские сакральные песнопения – tehillim (ψαλμοί, Псалмы), от которых до нас дошел только текст, уже не первое тысячелетие вдохновляют композиторов на воссоздание утраченной музыки. В очередном выпуске подкаста Radio Eshkolot представлены дерзновенные попытки "озвучивания" Псалмов – от французского Ренессанса до нью-йоркского авангарда XXI века.Скачать эпизод целикомПодробное описание

Please be aware the stories, theories, re-enactments and language in this podcast are of an adult nature and can be disturbing, frightening and in some cases offensive. Listener Discretion is advised – there is very adult content ahead and you have been warned. Welcome heathens welcome to the world of the weird and unexplained. I’m your host, Nicole Delacroix and together, we will be investigating stories about the weird, wonderful, unexplained, eerie, scary and down-right unbelievable. There will be tales of ghosts, murder, supernatural beings and unexplained mysteries. So, sit back, grab your favorite drink, relax and prepare to be transported to today's dark Enigma.... And on today’s Dark enigma we’re continuing our foray into the most ghostly of places to visit on your summer vacation, and I know last week I gave you some international flair, but this week we’re bringing it back home. Why? Well because the summer is almost over so any trip has to be close and quick, so we have to bring it back to the states. But before we get into all that, we will be playing our drinking game as always. Please remember the drinking game is only for those of us that are at home and have nowhere else to go tonight. Since today’s episode is dedicated to the great Northwest, any drink associated with Portland or Oregon will be appropriate. If you’re like me, I’m thinking Seattle circa 1998, so grunge, Nirvana and flannel! Alrighty, now for the game part… every time I say mansion that will be a single shot and every time I say Oregon, that’s a double shot. Now that we have the business end out of the way we can jump headfirst into today’s dark enigma… and the story of the very famous and very very haunted Pittock mansion, so let’s hit it my heathens… Henry Pittock, a London-born newspaper publisher, and his wife Georgiana, met and married in Portland in 1860. Henry went on to become one of the wealthiest men in Oregon society, investing in a variety of industries, including railroads, banking, ranching, and mining. He was also an avid climber and outdoorsman. He helped to found Mazamas climbing club, and became part of the first expedition climb Mount Hood. Georgiana was also an active member of society, becoming involved in many cultural organizations and charities, including the Women’s Union and the Ladies Relief Society. She helped to found the Martha Washington Home, a residence for working women. She was also an enthusiastic gardener and was a founding member of the Portland Rose Society and the Portland Rose Festival. In 1909, the Pittocks decided they wanted to build a home in Portland to retire in. They hired the architect Edward T. Foulkes to design the Pittock Mansion from scratch. The forty-six room mansion was built on a hill overlooking Portland, with a French Renaissance exterior. The inside was uniquely designed, with oak-paneled cabinets, marble floors, a huge central staircase, modern amenities like an elevator and dumbwaiter, and, most strikingly, beautiful views of Mount Hood and the Cascade Mountain Range. Foil lines the inside of the entryway ceiling, a nod to Georgianna’s frugal early years, when she had to save foil from old tea containers.

A Book at Lunchtime Seminar with Terrence Cave, Deirdre Wilson, Ben Morgan (Worcester College, Oxford), Professor Robyn Carston (Linguistics, UCL). Chaired by Professor Philip Bullock (TORCH Director). Is language a simple code, or is meaning conveyed as much by context, history, and speaker as by the arrangement of words and letters? Relevance theory, described by Alastair Fowler in the LRB as 'nothing less than the makings of a radically new theory of communication, the first since Aristotle's', takes the latter view and offers a comprehensive understanding of language and communication grounded in evidence about the ways humans think and behave. Reading Beyond the Code is the first book to explore the value for literary studies of relevance theory. Drawing on a wide range of examples-lyric poems by Yeats, Herrick, Heaney, Dickinson, and Mary Oliver, novels by Cervantes, Flaubert, Mark Twain, and Edith Wharton-nine of the ten essays are written by literary specialists and use relevance theory both as a broad framing perspective and as a resource for detailed analysis. The final essay, by Deirdre Wilson, co-founder (with Dan Sperber) of relevance theory, takes a retrospective view of the issues addressed by the volume and considers the implications of literary studies for cognitive approaches to communication. Edited by Terence Cave, Emeritus Professor of French Literature, University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow, St John's College, Oxford, and Deirdre Wilson, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, UCL and Research Professor in Philosophy, IFIKK, University of Oslo. Terence Cave is recognized as a leading specialist in French Renaissance literature, but has also made landmark contributions to comparative literature and the history of poetics. His most recent work focuses on cognitive approaches to literature. Deirdre Wilson's book Relevance: Communication and Cognition, co-written with Dan Sperber, was described in Rhetoric Society Quarterly as 'probably the best book you'll ever read on communication.' Translated into twelve languages, it has had a lasting influence in philosophy, psychology, and linguistics and is now regarded as a classic. Contributors: Kathryn Banks, Elleke Boehmer, Guillemette Bolens, Terence Cave, Timothy Chesters, Neil Kenny, Raphael Lyne, Kirsti Sellevold, Wes Williams, Deirdre Wilson.

Episode 86: Haunted Mansions – Pittock (Portland, OR) and Stickney (Bull Valley, IL) Noelle walks us through two Haunted Mansions: the Pittock Mansion in Portland, OR and the Stickney House in Bull Valley, IL. 1. The Pittock Mansion is a French-Renaissance sandstone chateau in the West Hills of Portland, OR. (We love Portland and we’re always kidding with them!) 2. The house is haunted by its former owners. (Hey, Henry and Georgianna Pittock! We see you!) 3. A paranormal investigator caught an EVP of a man saying “I’m heading back.” (That recording proves that there’s life after death!) 4. The Stickney Mansion is located in Bull Valley in McHenry County, IL. (The house was built in 1865 in the Land of Lincoln!) 5. The house served as quarters for Union soldiers during the Civil War. (It’s also believed that the house was tainted by “devil worshipers” who lived in the house in the 1960s! FUN!) Sweet Dreams. XoxoZzzzzz.

This was a very big week on the pod; we solved an international mystery, made some sound financial decisions, learned about the most important race of the weekend, and predicted the future champions of UCI-level bike packing. We are sponsored this week by Grimpeur Bros. Specialty Coffee! Custom WAP roast “The Full Schleck” is now available, and proceeds from each sale directly support WAP and SRP! Check out grimpeurbros.com and pick up the Full Schleck. Find us, and other fantastic cycling podcasts on the Wide Angle Podium Network, at wideanglepodium.com! Check out the brand new WAP app available in the Apple and Android app stores! You can listen to us in a variety of ways: Find us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere great podcasts are found. Give us a review and rating! We’d appreciate it! You can email us at theslowridepodcast@gmail.com Find us on Twitter: The show (@theslowridepod) Matt (@littleguymatt) Spencer (@spencerhaugh) Tim (@thesuperrookie) Abby (@abimickey)

The hilarious Katy French drops by the studio & tells us about her life growing up in a Renaissance Fair family. Starting standup in the O.C. with very few women comedians. Her new web-series with Jonathan Rowell "Living with Jonathan and Katy" a podcast with Ramsey Badawi. Talking about her job as a marketing writer. Bradlys almost died and so much more. Awesome Episode, listen and follow Katy on all Social Media, Katyfrench.com   Follow Us: Greg Edwards: Twitter: @gregthegrouch Instagram: @gregcomedy GregComedy.com Bradlys Philoctete Facebook: Bradlys Philoctete Instagram: @classicbradlys Twitter: @BradlysComedy Katy French Twitter: @katyifrench Instagram: @katyfrench katyfrench.com

Jedi Yogi John Marcoux returns, this time to present us with “The Mythological Blueprint of Han Solo” as seen in Solo: A Star Wars Story. John brings together such diverse sources as Joseph Campbell, Greek Mythology, The French Renaissance, and the classic American Western to create an intriguing foundation for the character of young Han, before he became a scruffy nerf herder. We also answer the lingering question...Is Han an optimist or a pessimist? The answer might surprise you! In news headlines, the future of Star Wars standalone films might be in jeopardy. We review the latest rumors, including the possibility of one more “legacy” character from the Original Trilogy joining the Episode IX cast. And, we continue to address the scary controversies surrounding Star Wars and the fan community on social media. Plus, listener voice mail, some SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE discussion, and Father’s Day recaps.

It's all things French on this podcast with our preview of the first French GP since 2008, debrief of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and how Ludo Lacroix engineered more success in the Supercars championship.

There are a surprising number of characters in Shakespeare who propose or ask or even demand that someone tell their life’s story. (Think of Hamlet’s dying words to Horatio: “And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain / To tell my story.”) While that may not seem surprising on the face of it – Shakespeare was a storyteller after all – this idea of re-imagining your life so that it tells a story was not a common one in Shakespeare’s time. In this episode of Shakespeare Unlimited, Harvard University’s Stephen Greenblatt expands upon the talk he gave earlier this year for the Folger Institute’s Shakespeare Anniversary Lecture Series, about how Shakespeare shapes characters and narratives. He also explores how the French Renaissance writer Montaigne influenced Shakespeare, and how Shakespeare pushed back on some of Montaigne’s ideas. Stephen Greenblatt is the John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University. He is the author of – among other books – "Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare" and "The Swerve: How the World Became Modern." Professor Greenblatt was interviewed by Barbara Bogaev. From the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast series. Published November 15, 2016. © Folger Shakespeare Library. All rights reserved. “Teach him how to tell my story” was produced by Richard Paul. Garland Scott is the associate producer. It was edited by Gail Kern Paster and Esther Ferington. Esther French is the web producer. We had help from Professor Greenblatt's assistant, Aubrey Everett; from Anna Steinbock in the Harvard Office of Public Affairs & Communications and from Jeff Peters and the staff of the Marketplace studios in Los Angeles. http://www.folger.edu/shakespeare-unlimited/stephen-greenblatt

The Bellevue-Stratford opened in 1904 and quickly became one of the most luxurious hotels of its time, rivaling the Waldorf Astoria in New York. The building was an incredible work of French Renaissance architecture. It was 19 stories high, had over a thousand … Continue reading →

The Bellevue-Stratford opened in 1904 and quickly became one of the most luxurious hotels of its time, rivaling the Waldorf Astoria in New York. The building was an incredible work of French Renaissance architecture. It was 19 stories high, had over a thousand … Continue reading →

Queens and royal mistresses of the Renaissance were the Hollywood celebrities of their time, which explains their enduring magnetism for writers, artists, and the public. Historians and scholars, however, have long ignored them. Enlightenment philosophers used descriptions of powerful women in the French court to mock the monarchy. Nineteenth-century historians propagated myths about these historical women to discredit the monarchy and to justify the exclusion of women from the French republic. Feminist scholars have eschewed royal women as subjects because their influence stemmed from their sexual and romantic association with kings and not because of their own merit. And contemporary historiography in France has long turned away from political elites to focus on social and cultural sites of inquiry. Kathleen Wellman, in Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France (Yale University Press, 2013, Yale), argues that women of the French court deserve our undivided attention because they greatly influenced the French Renaissance. Between the mid-15th century to the end of the 16th century, women such as Agnès Sorel, Anne of Brittany, Diane de Poitiers, Catherine de Medici, and Marguerite de Valois, acted with agency, carved out spheres of influence, overcame constraints, and made use of their positions for personal and political ends, and in the process influenced the course of French history. Wellman's engrossing account of royal women compels us to revise our understanding of the French Renaissance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Queens and royal mistresses of the Renaissance were the Hollywood celebrities of their time, which explains their enduring magnetism for writers, artists, and the public. Historians and scholars, however, have long ignored them. Enlightenment philosophers used descriptions of powerful women in the French court to mock the monarchy. Nineteenth-century historians propagated myths about these historical women to discredit the monarchy and to justify the exclusion of women from the French republic. Feminist scholars have eschewed royal women as subjects because their influence stemmed from their sexual and romantic association with kings and not because of their own merit. And contemporary historiography in France has long turned away from political elites to focus on social and cultural sites of inquiry. Kathleen Wellman, in Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France (Yale University Press, 2013, Yale), argues that women of the French court deserve our undivided attention because they greatly influenced the French Renaissance. Between the mid-15th century to the end of the 16th century, women such as Agnès Sorel, Anne of Brittany, Diane de Poitiers, Catherine de Medici, and Marguerite de Valois, acted with agency, carved out spheres of influence, overcame constraints, and made use of their positions for personal and political ends, and in the process influenced the course of French history. Wellman's engrossing account of royal women compels us to revise our understanding of the French Renaissance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Queens and royal mistresses of the Renaissance were the Hollywood celebrities of their time, which explains their enduring magnetism for writers, artists, and the public. Historians and scholars, however, have long ignored them. Enlightenment philosophers used descriptions of powerful women in the French court to mock the monarchy. Nineteenth-century historians propagated myths about these historical women to discredit the monarchy and to justify the exclusion of women from the French republic. Feminist scholars have eschewed royal women as subjects because their influence stemmed from their sexual and romantic association with kings and not because of their own merit. And contemporary historiography in France has long turned away from political elites to focus on social and cultural sites of inquiry. Kathleen Wellman, in Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France (Yale University Press, 2013, Yale), argues that women of the French court deserve our undivided attention because they greatly influenced the French Renaissance. Between the mid-15th century to the end of the 16th century, women such as Agnès Sorel, Anne of Brittany, Diane de Poitiers, Catherine de Medici, and Marguerite de Valois, acted with agency, carved out spheres of influence, overcame constraints, and made use of their positions for personal and political ends, and in the process influenced the course of French history. Wellman’s engrossing account of royal women compels us to revise our understanding of the French Renaissance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Queens and royal mistresses of the Renaissance were the Hollywood celebrities of their time, which explains their enduring magnetism for writers, artists, and the public. Historians and scholars, however, have long ignored them. Enlightenment philosophers used descriptions of powerful women in the French court to mock the monarchy. Nineteenth-century historians propagated myths about these historical women to discredit the monarchy and to justify the exclusion of women from the French republic. Feminist scholars have eschewed royal women as subjects because their influence stemmed from their sexual and romantic association with kings and not because of their own merit. And contemporary historiography in France has long turned away from political elites to focus on social and cultural sites of inquiry. Kathleen Wellman, in Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France (Yale University Press, 2013, Yale), argues that women of the French court deserve our undivided attention because they greatly influenced the French Renaissance. Between the mid-15th century to the end of the 16th century, women such as Agnès Sorel, Anne of Brittany, Diane de Poitiers, Catherine de Medici, and Marguerite de Valois, acted with agency, carved out spheres of influence, overcame constraints, and made use of their positions for personal and political ends, and in the process influenced the course of French history. Wellman’s engrossing account of royal women compels us to revise our understanding of the French Renaissance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Queens and royal mistresses of the Renaissance were the Hollywood celebrities of their time, which explains their enduring magnetism for writers, artists, and the public. Historians and scholars, however, have long ignored them. Enlightenment philosophers used descriptions of powerful women in the French court to mock the monarchy. Nineteenth-century historians propagated myths about these historical women to discredit the monarchy and to justify the exclusion of women from the French republic. Feminist scholars have eschewed royal women as subjects because their influence stemmed from their sexual and romantic association with kings and not because of their own merit. And contemporary historiography in France has long turned away from political elites to focus on social and cultural sites of inquiry. Kathleen Wellman, in Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France (Yale University Press, 2013, Yale), argues that women of the French court deserve our undivided attention because they greatly influenced the French Renaissance. Between the mid-15th century to the end of the 16th century, women such as Agnès Sorel, Anne of Brittany, Diane de Poitiers, Catherine de Medici, and Marguerite de Valois, acted with agency, carved out spheres of influence, overcame constraints, and made use of their positions for personal and political ends, and in the process influenced the course of French history. Wellman’s engrossing account of royal women compels us to revise our understanding of the French Renaissance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Queens and royal mistresses of the Renaissance were the Hollywood celebrities of their time, which explains their enduring magnetism for writers, artists, and the public. Historians and scholars, however, have long ignored them. Enlightenment philosophers used descriptions of powerful women in the French court to mock the monarchy. Nineteenth-century historians propagated myths about these historical women to discredit the monarchy and to justify the exclusion of women from the French republic. Feminist scholars have eschewed royal women as subjects because their influence stemmed from their sexual and romantic association with kings and not because of their own merit. And contemporary historiography in France has long turned away from political elites to focus on social and cultural sites of inquiry. Kathleen Wellman, in Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France (Yale University Press, 2013, Yale), argues that women of the French court deserve our undivided attention because they greatly influenced the French Renaissance. Between the mid-15th century to the end of the 16th century, women such as Agnès Sorel, Anne of Brittany, Diane de Poitiers, Catherine de Medici, and Marguerite de Valois, acted with agency, carved out spheres of influence, overcame constraints, and made use of their positions for personal and political ends, and in the process influenced the course of French history. Wellman’s engrossing account of royal women compels us to revise our understanding of the French Renaissance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Queens and royal mistresses of the Renaissance were the Hollywood celebrities of their time, which explains their enduring magnetism for writers, artists, and the public. Historians and scholars, however, have long ignored them. Enlightenment philosophers used descriptions of powerful women in the French court to mock the monarchy. Nineteenth-century historians propagated myths about these historical women to discredit the monarchy and to justify the exclusion of women from the French republic. Feminist scholars have eschewed royal women as subjects because their influence stemmed from their sexual and romantic association with kings and not because of their own merit. And contemporary historiography in France has long turned away from political elites to focus on social and cultural sites of inquiry. Kathleen Wellman, in Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France (Yale University Press, 2013, Yale), argues that women of the French court deserve our undivided attention because they greatly influenced the French Renaissance. Between the mid-15th century to the end of the 16th century, women such as Agnès Sorel, Anne of Brittany, Diane de Poitiers, Catherine de Medici, and Marguerite de Valois, acted with agency, carved out spheres of influence, overcame constraints, and made use of their positions for personal and political ends, and in the process influenced the course of French history. Wellman’s engrossing account of royal women compels us to revise our understanding of the French Renaissance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Entering the modern era, in 15th century Italy, Pope Innocent VIII was so concerned about the rise of witchcraft that he commissioned Kraemer and Sprenger's famous Malleus Maleficarum, a treatise on Witchcraft. http://abortionmatrix.com Commissioned in 1484, the treatise repeatedly links witchcraft to abortion and child sacrifice: “Witches who are midwives in various ways kill the child conceived in the womb and procure an abortion.” During the reign of Louis XIV, for example, there was a network of occult activity involving abortion and infanticide that reached even into the King's courts. Investigating a series of suspicious deaths, the Lieutenant General of the police in Versailles was led to Madame de Montespan, Louis' favorite lover, and then to “La Voisin”, a practicing witch and abortionist who had provided the poisons used in the murders. Upon further investigation, he learned that the abortion services connected with satanic rituals were also being performed – primarily for female members of the aristocracy. The following is the testimony of la Voisin's daughter at the subsequent trial: “At one of Madame de Montespan's masses, I saw my mother bring an infant, obviously premature, and place it over a basin over which its throat was slit, and its blood drained into the chalice.” Note that the child was premature, likely the victim of one of the many abortions la Voisin had performed. “Then the cup filled with the baby's blood was lifted up to heaven and this invocation was given: ‘Hail Ashteroth and Asmodeus, Princes of friendship, I conjure you to accept the sacrifice of this child in return for the favors asked of you.'” Ashteroth was the goddess wife of Moloch. Asmodeus is a transliteration of the Hebrew name for a demon that is normally associated with lust. Aborted children, as well as infants purchased from the prostitutes and the destitute were being sacrificed in a satanic ritual designed to grant spiritual power to the practitioners. “At her trial la Voisin confessed that no less than 2,500 babies had been disposed of in this manner….” Historians debate whether these tales of Satanic Black Masses and rumors of ritual infant sacrifices are in fact reliable. Were they coaxed out of frightened witnesses by Gabriel De La Reynie, the Lieutenant General of Police in Versaille, who used torture as part of his interrogation techniques? Or were these simply folk rituals combined with elements of the Catholic mass that served to assuage the conscience of La Voisin as she came to terms with the moral implications of the many abortions she performed? In the book, Affair of the Poisons, Murder, Infanticide, and Satanism in the Court of Louis XIV, author Anne Somerset offers this explanation: “La Voisin appears genuinely to have believe in the power of magic but she combined this with an outward profession of piety. As the circumstances of her arrest suggested, she was a regular churchgoer, and her answers to her interrogators would abound with devout sentiments and respectful invocations of the ‘Good Lord.' When she finally began to make significant revelations she would claim that she was doing so ‘for the glory of the Lord,' who had commanded her to heed His will as she knelt in prayer. Earlier in her career her readiness to imply that she was in tune with the workings of providence had stood her in good stead, for clients were comforted by her apparent belief that her personal activities were compatible with Christianity. It may be that La Voisin herself was scarcely aware of any contradiction. Once, having assisted at an abortion, she was said to have wept tears of joy when the midwife in attendance baptized the fetus. Far from being troubled at having terminated the unborn child's existence, she exulted in having been instrumental in securing its salvation.” Witchcraft? Black masses? Infant blood sacrifice? It does seem far-fetched. It's no wonder that some historians are skeptical. But when we consider the culture of the time, the picture comes into sharper focus. The French Renaissance saw the revival of interest in the Greek and Roman gods. King Louis XIV himself loved paintings with mythological themes and had a particular fascination with the sun god, Apollo. In paintings of that era, Louis is portrayed as the “sun king.” La Voisin, no doubt, shared Louis' fascination with pagan gods and goddesses. She mixed this with a kind of folk witchcraft, herbalism, astrology, and the concoction of love potions and various poisons, including potions used to induce abortion. La Voisin's vocation as a poisoner is, in fact, the most documented element of the affair. The 1997 film, Marquise, depicts the story of a young actress, played by Sophie Marceau, who purchases poison from La Voisin in order to murder her husband so she might be free to marry her lover. Likely in the minds La Voisin and others who practiced

Today mystery and histroical author  Florence Weinberg is the guest on my show.   Florence has produced eight novels, ranging from fantasy to historical romance and mystery. Five are in print as well as one in press: three historical novels, a romance about the French Renaissance, published in France in French translation, a novel about the founding of San Antonio, and a third novel about the so-called Chamuscado/Rodriguez Expedition, in 1581, forty years after Coronado's. Three historical mysteries star the eighteenth-century Jesuit missionary Fr. Ignaz (Ygnacio) Pfefferkorn. Two of these are set in the Sonora Desert and the third in an ancient monastery in Spain. The book in press is the second Sonora mystery novel, Sonora Wind.  

Michel de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance. He is known for popularising the essay as a literary genre and became famous for his ability to fuse intellectual speculation with casual anecdotes and autobiography. Montaigne's work continues to influence writers to this day. Championing his life is the surgeon, scientist, broadcaster and politician Professor Robert Winston and providing expert witness is the writer Sarah Bakewell, whose recent biography, How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer, was recently published to great acclaim. Producer: Paul Dodgson.

I am reminded of what Michel Eyquem De Montaigne said with tongue in cheek during the French Renaissance 450 years ago, “My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never happened.” As expected, we received a firestorm of email 2 weeks ago as a result of the Monday Morning Memo of March 2 in which I said I had chosen not to be fearful about the future. It seems that a lot of people take pleasure in fretting and they want me to get on board. But a frightened person frightens other people. And these newly frightened people will frighten still more people until finally no one is spending any money. Fear is the fuel of recession. I understand perfectly what's happening in the world. I simply choose not to be afraid. You can choose, too. We are worth more than many sparrows. Warren Buffett agrees with this outlook. “Fear is very contagious. You can get fearful in 5 minutes, but you don't get confident in 5 minutes.” – Warren Buffett on CNBC, Monday, March 9, 2009 CNBC: “We've been getting thousands and thousands of emails from our viewers. Warren, we'd like to start with one that echoes a theme we heard again and again. This one comes from Terry in San Antonio, Texas, who asks, ‘Will everything be all right?'” BUFFETT: “Everything will be all right. We do have the greatest economic machine that man has ever created. We started with 4 million people back in 1790 and look where we've come. And it wasn't because we were smarter than other people. It wasn't because our land was more fertile or we had more minerals or our climate was more favorable. We had a system that worked. It unleashed the human potential. It didn't work every year. We had 6 ‘panics' in the 19th century. In the 20th century we had the Great Depression, World Wars, all kinds of things. But we have a system – largely free market, rule of law, equality of opportunity – all of those things that cause the potential of humans to get unleashed. And we're far from done. Your kids will live better than mine. Your grandchildren will live better than your kids. There's no question about that. But the machine gets gummed up from time to time. If you take the bulk of those centuries, probably 15 years were bad years. But we go forward.” Did you notice the quote the twitchy news people of America lifted from Buffett's very upbeat, 3-hour interview? They filtered out all kinds of affirming, positive statements (such as the one above) to create the headline, “Warren Buffett Says ‘The Economy Fell Off a Cliff.” Slippery Wall-Streeters triggered this recession but the twitchy news media seems committed to making sure it progresses. And now for happier news: Wizard Academy has contacted the person I consider to be the best in America at making BIG things happen quickly. Within the next few weeks I hope to announce the dates of a special, 2-day workshop that will allow you to interact with this marketing giant in person. I've never met him but I've read his books and I look forward to having him on campus. Are there any big things you'd like to make happen quickly? When that announcement is made, you'll want to act quickly. There are only 100 seats available in Tuscan Hall and many more than that will want to attend this event. It will likely be the most profitable thing any of us do in 2009. And now for a final thought: Fear is contagious. Don't spread it. And if you meet any http://mondaymemo.wpengine.com/?ShowMe=TwitchyNews (twitchy, fear mongering news weasels,) slap them and say, “Stop it. Stop it right now.” They'll know what it's for. Roy H. Williams

In 1552 Pierre de Ronsard’s collection of sonnets, Les Amours, was published with a musical supplement: nine four-part chansons from four different composers – among them Clément Janequin, Pierre Certon and Claude Goudimel. This supplement has often been cited as a symbol for the efforts of French humanists in the 16th century to realize a close union between music and poetry derived from the antique ideal of musiké. It arose from the ideas of the Pléiade, a French group of poets that led French Renaissance humanism to its climax in the mid 16th century. The French Renaissance humanists drew their inspiration from the classical antiquity. The Italian example played an important role in the confrontation with the antique ideal. The Italian impact taught the French amongst other things a new awareness for their own identity and language. They tried to enrich the French language and defined very early certain tasks and problems: The poetry and poetics of the time are imbued with the idea of a union of music and poetry. The aim was to reproduce the union of music and poetry of the classical Greek verse, musiké. The realization of a new union of music and poetry often stayed very vague. This has to be seen in context with another problem the solution of which had been identified as a promising cure-all in the further development of the French language: If poetry in the vernacular language should be of equal value as the antique poetry, it should be capable to reproduce its rhythm. This rhythm has been seeken in the quantities of the French syllables: The French have been convinced for a long time that the rhythm of poetic language could be found via identifying the exact length of syllables of French words. A promising idea to unite music and poetry seemed to be Jean Antoine de Baïf’s "vers mesurés à l’antique", which he set to "musique mesurée" together with Joachim Thibault de Courville in his "Académie de Poésie et de Musique" (1570). His solution was ultimately doomed to failure by betraying the principles of French language and French verse. As a high expression of the efforts to unite poetry and music appears the musical supplement to Ronsard’s "Amours". The addition of music to an edition of poetry is very particular, and very special too is the directions to exchange the text against other poems of the same form, based on Ronsard's concept of "vers mesurés à la lyre". Nevertheless we see that the chansons of the musical supplement are no simple models but highly complex compositions reflecting the individuality of their original text.