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 +======Day to Day Life======
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 +=====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'appartement// --- Approximately three evenings a week in which the King opened up his apartment at the ch+óteau to his courtiers.  Guests are free to wander from room to room and partake in the entertainments which consisted of gambling, billiards, music, dance or lavish refreshments.
 +  * //grand bals//, //bals par+¬s// and //bals r+¬gl+¬s// --- Major, but relatively infrequent social events.  Generally held in celebration of important occasions such as weddings, births of royal infants, military victories or visits by persons of importance.
 +  * 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://foires.net/index.html --- The premier theatre in Paris --- [[http://foires.net/cal/cal.shtml|Program of events]]
 +  * [[http://foires.net/01d.shtml|Other theatres]]
 +=====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.  But to simplify matters, I will just take the measurements as used in Paris at the time.
 +1 //arpent// = 100 //perches// = 34 //ares//  \\
 +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  //diligence//: 11 days \\
 +Paris to Bordeaux via //diligence//: 6 days \\
 +Paris to Lyons via //diligence//: 5 days \\
 +Paris to Lille via //diligence//: 3 days \\
 +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>:versaillesliving/*.*}}
  
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