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Tout autour de l'hôtel Saint-Pol s'étendait un parc immense agrémenté de tonnelles, huit jardins furent dessinés, ceux-ci étaient séparés par des galeries qui reliaient entre elles chacune des habitations. Dans ces jardins furent placés une ménagerie, un aquarium, des volières, où rossignols et tourterelles voletant et pépiant donnaient à cet endroit un air bucolique et apaisant. |
Tout autour de l'hôtel Saint-Pol s'étendait un parc immense agrémenté de tonnelles, huit jardins furent dessinés, ceux-ci étaient séparés par des galeries qui reliaient entre elles chacune des habitations. Dans ces jardins furent placés une ménagerie, un aquarium, des volières, où rossignols et tourterelles voletant et pépiant donnaient à cet endroit un air bucolique et apaisant. |
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The Hôtel Saint-Pol was not a single building, but rather several dwellings making up a royal residence. Between them, they had rooms for banquets and other entertainments given by the king, rooms for guests, and other rooms reserved for the king and his family. Charles V had the residence luxuriously decorated according to his personal tastes, with precious woods, paintings, and goldwork. Walls were decorated with hangings embroidered with pearls, and books were displayed on the furniture, along with golden ornaments. Two chapels were built in the residence, one for the king, the other for his consort, [[Joanna of Bourbon]]. The Hôtel included a remarkable collection of precious books that the king enjoyed assembling, including those of his father, [[John II of France|John II]], who had also been a great lover of books. This collection allowed Charles V to create the Royal Library, which would later become the [[Bibliothèque nationale de France|National Library]] in Paris. In addition to these spaces for entertainment and living, Charles V also included a room for the [[Conseil du Roi]] so that he could take care of affairs of state. |
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== Etiquette == |
== Etiquette == |
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The hôtel Saint-Pol was a royal residence begun in 1361 by Charles V of France on the ruins of a building constructed by Louis IX. It was used by Charles V and Charles VI. Located to the south-west of the Quartier de l'Arsenal in the 4th arrondissement, the residence's grounds stretched from the Quai des Célestins to the Rue Saint-Antoine, and from the Rue Saint-Paul to the Rue du Petit-Musc.
History
Charles V began work on the Hôtel Saint-Pol in 1361. From then until 1364, he continued to improve and develop it by acquiring additional property and ordering the construction of new buildings. The king, who could not stand the pestilential odours of Paris and the problems they caused his health, appreciated its location outside the medieval city. He valued the residence for its calm and its cleaner environment, which he claimed had helped him avoid illnesses, and more importantly recover good health.
On 28 January 1393, the Bal des Ardents took place at the Hôtel Saint-Pol. Four noble dancers were killed in a fire, and Charles VI and another dancer barely escaped death.
Description
The Hôtel Saint-Pol was not a single building, but rather several dwellings making up a royal residence. Between them, they had rooms for banquets and other entertainments given by the king, rooms for guests, and other rooms reserved for the king and his family. Charles V had the residence luxuriously decorated according to his personal tastes, with precious woods, paintings, and goldwork. Walls were decorated with hangings embroidered with pearls, and books were displayed on the furniture, along with golden ornaments. Two chapels were built in the residence, one for the king, the other for his consort, Joanna of Bourbon. The Hôtel included a remarkable collection of precious books that the king enjoyed assembling, including those of his father, John II, who had also been a great lover of books. This collection allowed Charles V to create the Royal Library, which would later become the National Library in Paris. In addition to these spaces for entertainment and living, Charles V also included a room for the Conseil du Roi so that he could take care of affairs of state.
Etiquette
The hôtel Saint-Pol in the 15th and 16th centuries
Bibliography
- Georges Bordonove, Les Rois qui ont fait la France - Les Valois - Charles V le Sage, vol. 1, éditions Pygmalion, 1988.
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