Tag Archives: Guillaume Thomas Francois abbe Raynal

tencin: high wire act between rationalism and passion

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Dave

“My menagerie,” Alexandrine Tencin called her salon; her guests were “mes betes.” Her Tuesdays she filled with good talk, high spirits, and low comedy involving chamber pots and such. Her leisure she filled with literature, the recourse of the bored. … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Abbe Dubois, Abbe Raynal, Abbe Tencin, Charlotte Lennox, Claudine Alexandrine Guerin de Tencin, Francois Boucher, francois boucher paintings, Guillaume Thomas Francois abbe Raynal, Jean-Honore Fragonard, La Fresnais and Mme de Tencin, Lord Chesterfield, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Milton Albrecht, Mme de Tencin, Montesquieu, Peter Gay, Regent Fontenelle, Rene Vaillot, Renee Vaillot, Renee Winegarten, Voltaire | Leave a comment

tencin: stockjobbing the abbe and others

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Dave

It was the Regency period in France, beginning in 1715 and was a hey-day of cynical license in the last legs of the aged Louis XIV. And Mme Alexandrine de Tencin found no lack of companions. Her vows from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Abbe Dubois, Abbe Raynal, Abbe Tencin, Chevalier Destouches, D'Alembert, Denis Diderot, francois boucher paintings, Guillaume Thomas Francois abbe Raynal, Jean-Honore Fragonard, John Law, John Law The Mississippi Bubble, Lord Bolingbroke, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Matthew Prior, Philippe d'Orleans | Leave a comment

madame de tencin: liberation of null and void

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Dave

A rockin’ nun. The liberation of Mme de Tencin. From convent to court, from bank to boudoir, she was always prone to argue. It was the beginning of the eighteenth-century and the rays of light were starting to shine through … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Abbe Dubois, Abbe Raynal, Cardinal Dubois, Charles-Joseph de la Fresnaye, Charlotte Lennox, Chevalier Destouches, Claudine Alexandrine Guerin de Tencin, Claudine de Tencin, D'Alembert, Guillaume Thomas Francois abbe Raynal, Lord Bolingbroke, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Matthew Prior poet, Mme de Ferriol, Mme de Tencin, Philippe d'Orleans, Regent Fontenelle, Reverend James Wood, Vauban military engineer | Leave a comment

liberation of Mme de tencin

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Dave

From convent to court, from bank to boudoir, she was always prone to argue… In France during the ancien regime the Tencin family of Grenoble rose by industry mixed with avarice from nothingness to wealth, provincial distinction, and a tiny … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Abbe Raynal, Antoine de Tencin, Charles-Joseph de la Fresnaye, Charlotte Lennox, Claudine Alexandrine Guerin de Tencin, Claudine de Tencin, Guillaume Thomas Francois abbe Raynal, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mme de Tencin, Renee Winegarten | Leave a comment

HIGHWAY 1761 REVISITED

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Dave

”Guillaume-Thomas-François, abbé Raynal (1713-1796) was an Enlightened historian who wrote on the Dutch Stadholderate and the English Parliament. His most famous work was the 8 volume Histoire philosophique et politique, des établissements et du commerce des européens dans les deux … Continue reading →