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Abbé abbess ancien régime army bishop Boileau Bossuet bourgeois called captain century Challes château Church Côme commendam contemporary convent Corneille Corvée course Court courtier Crown curé dinner Duchesse Duke duty edict fact favour Fénelon France French galérien galley Gallican girls give Grand Gui Patin hand Hôtel de Rambouillet Huguenot instance Intendant Jansenism Jansenists King King's lady least letters live louis d'or Louis XIV Louvois Maintenon matter Mazarin Mémoires mistress Mlle Molière Montespan municipal never noble officers Paris parish Parlement Patin peasant perhaps physician Pope Port-Royal Prince province Queen Quietism Racine régime regiment reign religious Renaudot Richelieu royal Scudéry seems seigneur servants seventeenth seventeenth-century Sévigné ship Simon soldiers surgeon Taille tion town turn Ultramontane Versailles village whilst whole wine woman writing XIV's