Mathieu da Vinha (born 15 March 1976) is a 21st-century French historian. He is the author of several studies or biographies relating to life under the reign of king

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, he is the scientific director of the

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Career

Mathieu da Vinha was born in Argenteuil. After studying in Paris in

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at the lycée Paul-Valéry then , Mathieu da Vinha studied history at the

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, where he obtained a doctorate in modern history in 2003. In 2006, he joined the corps of engineers of ancient sources, and the following year that of research engineers in source analysis. He is currently the Scientific Director of the Palace of Versailles Research Centre. Mathieu da Vinha is the historical advisor to the

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'', 23 November 2015 broadcast on

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from November 2015.

Works

Publications

* ''Les Valets de chambre de Louis XIV'', , series ''Pour l'Histoire'', Paris, June 2004, * ''Louis XIV et Versailles'', éd. Arts Lys/Château de Versailles, Versailles, 2009 * ''Le Versailles de Louis XIV : Le fonctionnement d'une résidence royale au XVIIe'',Perrin, series ''Pour l'Histoire'', Paris, September 2009 ; reissued Le Grand Livre du mois and

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, 2010 * ''Alexandre Bontemps, Premier valet de chambre de Louis XIV'', Perrin, series ''Les métiers de Versailles'', Paris, October 2011 * ''Au service du roi. Dans les coulisses de Versailles'', , 2015. *

Copublication

* ''Versailles pour les Nuls'' (with Raphaël Masson), First & Château de Versailles, March 2011.

Codirection of works

*2010: ''Les Grandes galeries européennes, XVIIe/XIXe'' (with Claire Constans), Centre de recherche du château de Versailles/Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme, series "Aulica" *2011: ''Cultures de cour, cultures du corps, XIVe/XVIIIe'' (with Catherine Lanoë and

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), , series "Mythes, Critique et Histoire" *2014: ''Louis XIV, l'image et le mythe'' (with Alexandre Maral and Nicolas Milovanovic), editions Presses universitaires de Rennes & Centre de recherche du château de Versailles, series ''Histoire'', ''Aulica. L'univers de la cour'' *2015 ''Versailles : histoire, dictionnaire et anthologie''''Versailles : histoire, dictionnaire et anthologie'' on Parinfo
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, series ''Bouquins''

References

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