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Sources for the History of Ballet – 16th Century France – The Reign of Charles IX (1560-1574) – La Défense du Paradis (1572)

La Défense du ParadisBallet de courDate: 20 August 1572Location: Palais des Tuileries Primary Sources Description in Vies des dames galantes by Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme. Description in Histoire universelle by Théodore-Agrippa d’Aubigné. Secondary Sources Les Origines de l’opéra et le ballet de la Reine (1581), étude sur les danses, la musique, les orchestresContinue reading “Sources for the History of Ballet – 16th Century France – The Reign of Charles IX (1560-1574) – La Défense du Paradis (1572)”

Lives of the Saints by Mary Seymour

What is known about Mary Seymour at At the Circulating Library: A Database of Victorian Fiction Stories of the Saints for Children [First Series] by Mary Seymour (Washbourne, 1874). Stories of Holy Lives by Mary Seymour (Washbourne, 1875).  Stories of the Saints for Children Second Series by Mary Seymour (Washbourne, 1875). Legends of the SaintsContinue reading “Lives of the Saints by Mary Seymour”