Cultivated Power

Flowers, Culture, and Politics in the Reign of Louis XIV

• Author(s): Elizabeth Hyde,
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Pages: 368
• ISBN_13: 9780812204063
  ISBN_10: 0812204069
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / Royalty , Gardening / Regional / General , History / Europe / France , Social Science / Folklore & Mythology , Gardening / General ,

Description:...

"Cultivated Power" explores the collection, cultivation, and display of flowers in early modern France at the historical moment when flowering plants piqued the curiosity of European gardeners and botanists, merchants and ministers, and dukes and kings alike.