Ninon de lenclos courtesan japan

  • After she retired from her career as a courtesan in , Mlle de Lenclos's receptions became not only fashionable but also highly respectable.
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  • When the French courtesan Ninon de Lenclos died on 17 October , there was sincere mourning in Paris.

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    Courtesan

    Prostitute or mistress

    For other uses, see Courtesan (disambiguation).

    A courtesan is a prostitute with a courtly, wealthy, or upper-class clientele.[1] Historically, the term referred to a courtier, a person who attended the court of a monarch or other powerful person.[2]

    History

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    In European feudal society, the court was the centre of government as well as the residence of the monarch, and social and political life were often completely mixed tillsammans. Prior to the Renaissance, courtesans served to convey information to visiting dignitaries, when servants could not be trusted. In Renaissance Europe, courtiers played an extremely important role in upper-class samhälle. As it was customary during this time for royal couples to lead separate lives—commonly marrying simply to preserve bloodlines and to secure political alliances—men and women would often seek gratification and companionship from people living at court. In fact, the verb 'to

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    Anonymous (France)
    Collection: Château de Bussy-Rabutin &#; Anne, dite Ninon de Lenclos

    Anne &#;Ninon&#; de l&#;Enclos also spelled Ninon de Lenclos

    Ninon de L&#;Enclos was a French liberal and educated intellectual, feminist, writer (La coquette vengée &#;The Flirt Avenged&#;) and lover of many also famous contemporaries. She was one of the outstanding women of the ancien regime, the participation in their Jours was a great society honor. She was considered at the court of Louis XIV as a master of witty conversation.

    To their friends included Queen Christina of Sweden, Madame de Maintenon (Françoise d’Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, the second wife of Louis XIV), Molière and Madame de Sévigné. 

    Ninon de Lenclos put value on their independence: She never married and had countless lovers. Even as octogenarian, it is said, had they been sought after by men. They even took their Caprices, as she described her love affairs, not very serious and never got i