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Professor F. C. de Sumichrast gave his third lecture on "Versailles" last evening in the Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum, taking for his subject "The State Ceremonials and the Court Festivals...
Professor de Sumichrast will take up the life of the court at Versailles, with the ceremonies and functions connected with it, and will describe some of the most important entertainments given at the royal palace...
Professor F. C. de Sumichrast will deliver the third of his series of four illustrated public lectures on "Versailles" in the Fogg Lecture Room this evening at 8 o'clock. His subject will be "The State Ceremonials and the Court Festivals...
...LECTURE, "Versailles,--the State Ceremonials and the Court Festivals," Professor de Sumichrast. (Illustrated). Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum...
Professor Sumichrast gave a brief history of the court of the French kings in fuedal times, its extension and development, and finally its position of supreme importance in the state. The central figure was the king, and the respect paid him grew gradually into a form of worship. His household comprised, besides the officials of the various departments of state, 10,000 picked troops. The king himself was constantly before the eyes of his counters or of the people. The "lever" and "coucher" were two of the most important daily functions, and even the most private meals were taken with...