I'm pretty tight with the subtleties of language and diplomacy in general ... So to Jean-Pierre, faithful reader of the blog, which I know elegance of mind, I asked to introduce the works of a character in the eighteenth century, no less distinguished than himself
"I managed to get everything I just desired but fortune has always played his favor. We had to pull him ... "
On 3 November 1794 after the fall of Robespierre, died in Rome at the palace Carolis, François Joachim de Pierre de Bernis , between Ardèche and Rhône born May 22, 1715 shortly before Louis XIV turned off.
Cardinal de Bernis - since this is her - embodies the man of the eighteenth century, the spirit always on the alert and whose careerism bubbling dons a stunning talented seducer: Essentially, a sort of human equivalent to champagne ...
Referred the seminar, the descendant of ancient nobility penniless decides to pass through his literary talent and women. That it first opens the doors of the Parisian salons of the French Academy , then those of the boudoir of Madame de Pompadour, which will be both the agent and advisor, he attended Voltaire that the saddled with the nickname "the flower Babet," and this continued intellectual complicity, at least as correspondence between them until the death of the philosopher of Ferney,
Sent as ambassador to Venice where he befriends Casanova (up to share the same mistress), he acquired the experience which he will testify as all-powerful minister in the labyrinth of diplomatic European wars during the 1750s. Victim of royal disgrace, he began a second career in the Church (conversion classic fifties ...) Here Cardinal, Archbishop and Ambassador to the Pope in Rome for twenty-five years. He plays the role of a host and a sumptuous lucid observer of the Old Regime ended, serving as a mentor to all the diplomats who will shape the map the new Europe.
Witness concerned about the Revolution , though rejected by the new government, he did everything he could to prevent a fatal rupture between France and the Papacy. True to what he was, he greeted many exiles in Rome and supported himself until his death in the subsistence of the daughters of Louis XV ladies. The real dimension of existence of this man - certainly too much forgotten today - was that of an amiable ambitious got his way without hurting or propriety, or anyone. An honest man ...
"I've never done anything to deserve but I have done nothing to demerit. (Bernis at Brienne)
"For a man who wants to think well and with elevation, there are only two things in this world: the reputation and the rest ... Bernis, Memoires
"For a man who wants to think well and with elevation, there are only two things in this world: the reputation and the rest ... Bernis, Memoires
Jean-Pierre
BERNIS (Cardinal de). The complete works of Mr. C. B *** Academy Franchise. Latest edition. In London, 1777, 2 small volumes in-18 (format Cazin) connected at the time, full calf marbled fawn frame three gold fillets on covers, spine decorated beautifully, slices browned, cover page colored paper. Volume I: VIII (faux-titre., frontispiece, title and warning), 219 pp. Volume II: half-title, title, 164pp. Complete works that are a sum of reflections on all relevant (libertinism, manners ... He knew whereof he spoke) and poems. Binding defects plows, caps and two tracks on the binding to achieve without the text. € 50 + shipping
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