Noblesse et Franchise: La valeur de liberte dans les ecrits des aristocrates au Grand Siecle

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.