… the weak links designate the relationships Voltaire developed with several of the admirers who flocked from all over Europe to Ferney in the hopes of seeing the great man; these he would grace with the occasional letter or reception. It is they who contributed most to shaping the myth of the ‘patriarch’ of Europe. And so, though Voltaire described himself as the ‘recluse’ or ‘marmot’ of the Alps, he was, on the contrary, a …
… Early Modern (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018). 9 . Elizabeth Eisenstein, The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983). 10 . Shearer West, Portraiture (Oxford: Oxford University Press, … been out of place long before the eighteenth century. Royal families retained their place at the heart of old regime Europe, but they were also incorporated into the more modern forms of fame that we associate with celebrity. Monarchy did …
… Fashion Theory (vol. 22, n° 3, 2018), p. 259-261. 4 . Tony Lynch, ‘The Heretical Romantic Heroism of Beau Brummell’, European Romantic Review (vol 27, n° 5, 2016), p. 682. 5 . Roland Barthes, ‘Dandyism and Fashion’, in Andy Stafford and …