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Relation Curieuse De La Moscovie
''Relation curieuse de la Moscovie'' is a late seventeenth-century account of Russia written by the Frenchman Foy de la Neuville Foy de la Neuville is the mysterious author of '' Relation curieuse de la Moscovie,'' a late seventeen-hundreds account of a foreign traveler's trek to Russia. Almost nothing is known about this author, not even his real name. His reasons for travel ... during his ambassadorial visit to that country. External links * - Full text. 17th-century books History books about the Tsardom of Russia {{Russia-hist-book-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foy De La Neuville
Foy de la Neuville is the mysterious author of '' Relation curieuse de la Moscovie,'' a late seventeen-hundreds account of a foreign traveler's trek to Russia. Almost nothing is known about this author, not even his real name. His reasons for traveling to Muscovy are also not known with certainty. It is speculated that he may have been a Polish diplomat assigned to Russia. '' Relation curieuse de la Moscovie'' describes de la Neuville's visit to Russia in the Winter months of 1689. The writing shows that he clearly had access to the Russian government and its officials at high levels. It has been at times suggested that he never actually visited Russia, and that his book is simply a compilation of what other's before him had written. While it is probable that much of the stories he recalls from his travels are simply made up, it is clear that even more are not. His travels to Russia in service of the king of Poland are well documented. De la Neuville has also been (falsely) identifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th-century Books
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 (Roman numerals, MDCI), to December 31, 1700 (Roman numerals, MDCC). It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, the French ''Grand Siècle'' dominated by Louis XIV, the Scientific Revolution, the world's first public company and megacorporation known as the Dutch East India Company, and according to some historians, the General Crisis. From the mid-17th century, European politics were increasingly dominated by the Kingdom of France of Louis XIV, where royal power was solidified domestically in the civil war of the Fronde. The semi-feudal territorial French nobility was weakened and subjugated to the power of an absolute monarchy through the reinvention of the Palace of Versailles from a hunting lodge to a gilded prison, in which a greatly expanded royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
