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+ | ======Day to Day Life====== | ||
+ | | Go Back to ^ [[roleplaying: | ||
+ | =====Balls and Dances===== | ||
+ | Dances are very frequent at Versailles and elsewhere in France (nobles would often hold them in their own mansions), usually there is an opportunity to dance every 3-5 days. | ||
+ | * //jours d' | ||
+ | * //grand bals//, //bals par+¬s// and //bals r+¬gl+¬s// | ||
+ | * masked balls --- The rigid rules of etiquette are more relaxed at a masked ball. They are an integral part of the Carnival season preceding Lent, but are occasionally held at other times of the year as well. | ||
+ | =====The Theatre===== | ||
+ | * Le th+¬+ótre de la foire +á Paris - http:// | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | =====Money===== | ||
+ | [[VersaillesLivres|The Currency of the realm]] | ||
+ | ===Prices=== | ||
+ | [[VersaillesPrices|Pricelist]] | ||
+ | ====Taxes and Gifts==== | ||
+ | Nobles were expected to pay, each, between 11 and 14 percent in tithe to the King. | ||
+ | The clergy on the other hand paid one gift per year for the entire clergy of 5 million livres and were exempt from taxes. | ||
+ | =====Property===== | ||
+ | The holdings of the nobility vary from 11 to 35 percent. | ||
+ | The holdings of the clergy vary from 1 to 29 percent. | ||
+ | =====Weights and Measures===== | ||
+ | All measurements tended to vary from province to province. | ||
+ | 1 //arpent// = 100 //perches// = 34 // | ||
+ | 1 arpent = 100 square rods = 4066 sq. yards = .84 acres \\ | ||
+ | 1 perch = 1 rod = 1 pole = 5 1/2 yards = 16.5 feet (also the distance between fenceposts in good soil) \\ | ||
+ | 1 hectare = 100 meters squared = 10,000 square meters = 100 ares | ||
+ | =====Travel Times===== | ||
+ | Paris to Marseilles via // | ||
+ | Paris to Bordeaux via // | ||
+ | Paris to Lyons via // | ||
+ | Paris to Lille via // | ||
+ | Mail times were slower as they tended to travel via Paris (ie Lyons to Bordeaux would go through Paris on the way). \\ | ||
+ | Post riders move at 5-6 mph - 50-60 miles per day. \\ | ||
+ | Coaches generally travel 30 miles per day. | ||
+ | =====The Calendar===== | ||
+ | janvier, f+¬vrier, mars, avril, mai, juin, juillet, ao++t, septembre, octobre, novembre, d+¬cembre | ||
+ | {{filelist>: | ||
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