Word: court
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Professor F. C. de Sumichrast will deliver the third of his series of four illustrated public lectures on "Versailles" in the Fogg Lecture Room this evening at 8 o'clock. His subject will be "The State Ceremonials and the Court Festivals...
Professor Sumichrast gave a brief history of the court of the French kings in fuedal times, its extension and development, and finally its position of supreme importance in the state. The central figure was the king, and the respect paid him grew gradually into a form of worship. His household comprised, besides the officials of the various departments of state, 10,000 picked troops. The king himself was constantly before the eyes of his counters or of the people. The "lever" and "coucher" were two of the most important daily functions, and even the most private meals were taken with...
...next lecture on "The State Ceremonials and Court Festivals," will be given tomorrow...
...will be given this evening in the Fogg Lecture Room at 8 o'clock, and will be open to the public. After completing his lecture on "The Palace of the great King," which was begun last Friday, Professor Sumichrast will take up the history and origin of the French court, and the life of the court at Versailles under Louis...
...next lecture, on Wednesday, will be on "The State Ceremonials and the Court Festivals...