In this study, the analysis of the self-portrait of an individual, first, and of an archbishop under Louis XIV, thereafter, enhances the history of autobiographical literature and of the relationship between the Church and State in the 17th century.
Keyword: littérature du xviie siècle, mémoires, autobiographie, histoire de la littérature, histoire de l'Église et de l'État, histoire (la Fronde de Bordeaux)