Medievalists.net » Diane de Poitiers http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Kings and Courtesans: A Study of the Pictorial Representation of French Royal Mistresses http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/24/kings-and-courtesans-a-study-of-the-pictorial-representation-of-french-royal-mistresses/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/24/kings-and-courtesans-a-study-of-the-pictorial-representation-of-french-royal-mistresses/#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:44:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39418 As France emerged from the Middle Ages, the monarchy began to establish itself as a more stable institution and a curious development took place: the French kings began to install official mistresses at court. With this official status these women became parallel members of the royal family. They lived like queens, with various estates granted to them by the kings.

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