Word: royall
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...hatred the former national popularity of innocent Marie Antoinette. Once the tide had turned, each new mistake of the Court augmented the public exasperation; and, after the fall of the Bastile, the infuriated mob, breaking into the palace of Versailles, attempted the murder of the queen, and drove the royal family to Paris...
Professor de Sumichrast will describe some of the events, including the attack on the castle and finally the outbreak of the French revolution, which led up to the abandonment of Versailles as a royal residence...
Professor de Sumichrast will take up the life of the court at Versailles, with the ceremonies and functions connected with it, and will describe some of the most important entertainments given at the royal palace...
...lecturer began by describing the royal residences in Paris at the opening of the reign of Louis XIV, dwelling more particularly on the Louvre, then in a state of transition, and wholly insufficient for the needs of the king and his ever-growing court. He pointed out that the palace of Versailles, as it exists at the present day, is the outcome of successive transformations and additions, the first royal residence on the site having been the hunting-lodge erected by Louis XIII. This was added to by his son, who used it for a similar purpose...
...Royal Archibald Moore...