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[It is] difficult to convey an idea today of the urbanity, the graceful ease, in a word the affability of manners which made the charm of Parisian society forty years ago. The women reigned then: the Revolution dethroned them.
Elisabeth-Louise Vigée-Lebrun, 1835
The 18th century in France–the Age of Absolutism and the Age of Reason–has also been called "the feminine age." For a brief period in French history, women presided over the salons of Paris. Read More. . . |
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