On the first day of spring, the blue and dark silver sky was streaked with vivid clouds. It was a balmy afternoon. A fine day for planting. And as the Psalmist wrote more than a thousand years ago...
The Temple is a fascinating and moving relic to have in your domain. The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes and then the issuance of the Edict of Fontainebleau resulted in much suffering, as you know. Dangeau's journal, for example, abounds with awful tales in late 1685 and early 1686 as tens of thousands of Huguenots uprooted themselves and fled the only country they knew, never to see it again... A lime alley framing your Temple, along with a beautiful garden, will perhaps in some way comfort the spirits of those who lie beneath its floor.
Thank you for this comment, Versailles, which deepens my understanding. I'm enjoying your posts...so very relevant to the period we both find fascinating!
I'm enjoying your posts, too. Sitting here in Canada, and anglophone Canada at that, I can only access the world of 17th and 18th century France through books. You, on the other hand, have the physical evidence of that world all around you. Consequently, I'm fascinated by every letter you post.
The Temple is a fascinating and moving relic to have in your domain. The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes and then the issuance of the Edict of Fontainebleau resulted in much suffering, as you know. Dangeau's journal, for example, abounds with awful tales in late 1685 and early 1686 as tens of thousands of Huguenots uprooted themselves and fled the only country they knew, never to see it again... A lime alley framing your Temple, along with a beautiful garden, will perhaps in some way comfort the spirits of those who lie beneath its floor.
Thank you for this comment, Versailles, which deepens my understanding. I'm enjoying your posts...so very relevant to the period we both find fascinating!
I'm enjoying your posts, too. Sitting here in Canada, and anglophone Canada at that, I can only access the world of 17th and 18th century France through books. You, on the other hand, have the physical evidence of that world all around you. Consequently, I'm fascinated by every letter you post.
Many thanks, we'll written, we hardly experienced the bitter war against protestants. Keep going
Thank you...I'm getting there. Lots of new research connecting the place and people to the events.
A most beautiful letter, Maman. ❤️