Noblesse et Franchise La valeur de liberté dans les écrits des aristocrates au Grand Siècle

From the dawn of the seventeenth century to its close, certain gentlemen penned writings that elevated the value of liberty to the utmost level. These writings reveal a demand for frankness that not only celebrates sensual pleasure and unbelievable acts of boldness, but adds to them the glorious challenge of civil disobedience.