It is the sun-warmed colors and joyful esprit of provincial France that inspires our 2015 wall calendar, from the pastel-washed Old Town of Villefranche-sur-Mer to the perennially seductive Provence,
Medieval Occitania, a geographical and linguistic area often referred to as 'the South of France', 'the South', 'the Midi', or more loosely 'Provence', was politically diverse but culturally coherent.
"Roll over Maigret. Commissaire Dupin has arrived." -M.C. Beaton on Death in Brittany "Very satisfying...along the lines of Martin Walker's novels set in Dordogne, or M.L. Longworth's Aix-en-Provence
Banon is a small village in upper Provence, where the local community's principal source of income comes from the cultivation and sale of truffles. When five bodies are discovered hanging by their fee
During the first decade of the 16th century, says Lux-Sterritt (anglophone world studies, U. de Provence), the definition of feminine participation within the Catholic Church underwent tremendous tran
In a theoretical and an empirical chapter each for southern Europe and border cities, Ribas-Mateos (Mediterranean Laboratory of Sociology, Aix-en-Provence, France) explains how the dichotomy between t
Louis XIV and his court at Versailles had a profound influence on music in France and throughout Europe. In 1660 Louis visited Aix-en-Provence, a trip that resulted in political and cultural transformations throughout the region. Soon thereafter Aix became an important center of sacred music composition, eventually rivaling Paris for the quality of the composers it produced. John Hajdu Heyer documents the young king's visit and examines how he and his court deployed sacred music to enhance the royal image and secure the loyalty of the populace. Exploring the circle of composers at Aix, Heyer provides the most up-to-date and complete biographies in English of nine key figures, including Guillaume Poitevin, André Campra, Jean Gilles, François Estienne, and Antoine Blanchard. The book goes on to reveal how the history of political power in the region was reflected through church music, and how musicians were affected by contemporary events.
Stroll breathtaking coastlines, explore Roman ruins, and soak up some sun in the South of France with Rick Steves! Inside Rick Steves Provence & the French Riviera you'll find:Comprehensive covera
