Date Thesis Awarded
10-2010
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only
Degree Name
Bachelors of Arts (BA)
Department
Modern Languages and Literatures
Advisor
Giulia Pacini
Committee Members
Margaret McColley
Ronald Schechter
Abstract
While the accomplishments of many seventeenth-century artists (such as the playwright and actor Molière, the composer Lully, and the landscape architect André Le Nôtre) have been recognized, the choreographer Pierre Beauchamps has received little attention. However, this thesis argues that no study of seventeenth-century French court culture is complete without an understanding of Beauchamps, not only because of his role in fashioning the identity of the Sun King, but also because his biography demonstrates that self-fashioning was not limited to aristocratic and royal circles.
Recommended Citation
Hansen, Kathryn Kane, "Dancing for Distinction: Pierre Beauchamps and the Social Dynamics of Seventeenth-Century France" (2010). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 344.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/344
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Comments
Thesis is part of Honors ETD pilot project, 2008-2013. Migrated from Dspace in 2016.