Mother of the church: sofia svechina, the salon, and the politics of catholicism in nineteenth-century russia and france
Auteur :
Bakhmetyeva, Tatyana V.
Éditeur :
Cornell University Press
ISBN :
9780875807379
Date de publication :
3 janv. 2017
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
907 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Sofia Petrovna Svechina (1782–1857), better known as Madame Sophie Swetchine, was the hostess of a famous nineteenth-century Parisian salon. A Russian émigré, Svechina moved to France with her husband in 1816. She had recently converted to Roman Catholicism, and the salon she opened acquired a distinctly religious character. It quickly became...