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Some of that intrigue almost seems inspired by the early reign of Louis XIV of France. Mswati, formerly known as Prince Makhosetive, officially took the throne in April of last year. For the four previous years, Swaziland had been ruled by a regent, initially Queen Dzeliwe, one of Sobhuza's 50 or more wives, though not the mother of the current King. In 1983 Prince Mfanasibili, a powerful member of the Liqoqo, or royal advisory council, masterminded Dzeliwe's ouster and replaced her with Ntombi, mother of the young King-to-be. Mfanasibili then talked the new Queen regent into...
Consider the following items, all displayed in the Paris couture shows: Louis XIV theater-curtain trimmings decorating a hooped mini; velvet bustles and derriere butterfly bows; tutus; white taffeta capes; page boy, cowgirl and matador outfits; satin tunics; bubble coats; cancan skirts up at the front and down at the back; and, even more of a burlesque, satin minis designed to reveal black garters...
...respect to that of the Philippines, with a government able to impose itself for a relatively long period while the tension builds up and the period may end up in a bloody revolution. After all, it took 146 years for the French ancien regime (say, from 1643--Louis XIV's coming as a King--to 1789) to evolve into the French revolution. I would not call the ancien regime "highly politically stable". Different people have perceived differently during those 146 years, and since...
DEEP IN the bowels of Widener, in the sub-sub-basement of "C" West--wedged in between crumbling biographies of Louis XIV, his mistresses and long-forgotten ministers of state--lies a small, burgundy leather-bound book that, so far as I can tell, does not appear in the main card catalogue or the DUC. On one of my many solitary trips to "C" West this semester, I discovered this tiny volume which eventually became the focus for a portion of my senior thesis...
...analyzing the institution of the French royal mistress during the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV, I have had to combat with skepticism from those who dismissed the project as frivolous. At the beginning of the fall semester, when thesis topics were the stuff of dinner table conversation, mine always provoked the most interested and amused responses...