{"product_id":"cultivated-power-flowers-culture-and-politics-in-the-reign-of-louis-xiv-hardback-9780812238266","title":"Cultivated Power; Flowers, Culture, and Politics in the Reign of Louis XIV (Hardback) 9780812238266","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCultivated Power\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFlowers, Culture, and Politics in the Reign of Louis XIV\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElizabeth Hyde (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812238266\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 April 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages, 8 color, 4 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 2.6 cm, 0.85 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"A rich tapestry of texts and citations from the period that will probably not be superseded for a long time to come.\" (\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCultivated Power\u003c\/i\u003e explores the collection, cultivation, and display of flowers in early modern France at the historical moment when flowering plants, many of which were becoming known in Europe for the first time, piqued the curiosity of European gardeners and botanists, merchants and ministers, dukes and kings. Elizabeth Hyde reveals how flowers became uniquely capable of revealing the curiosity, reason, and taste of those elite men who engaged in their cultivation. The cultural and increasingly political value of such qualities was not lost on royal panegyrists, who seized on the new meanings of flowers in celebrating the glory of Louis XIV. Using previously unexplored archival sources, Hyde recovers the extent of floral plantations in the gardens of Versailles and the sophisticated system of nurseries created to fulfill the demands of the king's gardeners. She further examines how the successful cultivation of those flowers made it possible for Louis XIV to demonstrate that his reign was a golden era surpassing even that of antiquity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCultivated Power\u003c\/i\u003e expands our knowledge of flowers in European history beyond the Dutch tulip mania and restores our understanding of the importance of flowers in the French classical garden. The book also develops a fuller perspective on the roles of gender, rank, and material goods in the age of the baroque. Using flowers to analyze the movement of culture in early modern society, \u003ci\u003eCultivated Power\u003c\/i\u003e ultimately highlights the influence of curious florists on the taste of the king and the extension of the cultural into the realm of the political.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eCh. 1. Disorderly flowers\u003cbr\u003e Floral seduction: death, sex, and flowers\u003cbr\u003e Trading on the power of flowers\u003cbr\u003e Ch. 2. Refashioning the culture of flowers in early modern France\u003cbr\u003e Curiosity and flowers\u003cbr\u003e The sweet society of the curious florists\u003cbr\u003e Ch. 3. Cultivating the flower\u003cbr\u003e The florists' flowers\u003cbr\u003e Unlocking the door to the temple of flora\u003cbr\u003e Ch. 4. Cultivating the man\u003cbr\u003e The theater of the goddess of flowers\u003cbr\u003e Nature into art\u003cbr\u003e \"Jardin d'Hyver,\" or flowers in print\u003cbr\u003e Ch. 5. Cultivating the king\u003cbr\u003e Royal precedents\u003cbr\u003e Flowers in the garden of Louis XIV\u003cbr\u003e Floral mercantilism\u003cbr\u003e Flowers and the \"Histoire du Roi\"\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e A. Extract of the inventory by . . . Sieur Cottereau of flowering plants and bulbs that he offers to furnish for the gardens of the royal households\u003cbr\u003e B. Plants included in Jean Donneau de Vise's Histoire de Louis le Grand\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670833164568,"sku":"9780812238266","price":48.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/cultivated-power-flowers-culture-and-politics-in-the-reign-of-louis-xiv-hardback-9780812238266","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}