Versailles
- Rick Steve’s tour of Versailles in 6 minutes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=194CDlsFpQA&t=26s - Interested in the development of Versailles? It wasn’t always massive and ornate, but these two videos detail the construction of the palace pre and post revolution
- Pre-revolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X235vpOToVU (3 min)
- Post-revolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjsmqmSNnHU (3min)
The Sun King
- Historical dramas are popular in television now, and Versailles was always rife with drama–however, the facts of the television may not always be right. This article by The Telegraph separates the facts from the gossip.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/06/05/dwarves-sex-and-spies-how-historically-accurate-is-versailles/ - France is known for its high fashion industry–but it all began with King Louis XIV and his courts. The Atlantic explains how this extravagant king still influences fashion today.
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/09/the-king-of-couture/402952/ - Another biography of the Sun King.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/06/01/who-was-louis-xiv-of-france-everything-you-need-to-know-about-th/