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I'm writing a story set in Renaissance Paris and I need to know where the really rich lived.
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During the Renaissance, many of the nobles had town houses (hotels) in the Marais. Also Rue St Antoine. There are buildings there older than that, too.
In the first half of the 1500s the population of Paris nearly doubled, reaching 250,000 to 300,000 at midcentury. The number of residents fell in the 1560s and 1590s during times of war, but recovered during periods of peace. Most people lived in the crowded city center. However, buildings sprawled beyond the city walls despite repeated bans on construction. Royal officials erected large townhouses on the right bank of the river Seine away from the city center. The first signs of Renaissance architecture in Paris appeared in this neighborhood. The left bank of the river contained the city's printing shops, the University of Paris, and religious buildings.
http://www.novelguide.com/a/discover/rens_03/rens_03_00345.html
http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft0x0n99zf&chunk.id=d0e94&toc.depth=100&brand=ucpress
http://video.about.com/goparis/A-Quick-Spin-Around-the-Marais.htm
http://www.contexttravel.com/city/Paris/walking_tour_details/Marais_Mansions
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=b3tStqGjUHkC&pg=PA138&lpg=PA138&dq=renaissance+marais,+paris+-+wealthy+homes%3F&source=bl&ots=FHgLuxRd8a&sig=nyud6rw-_EUf9-F4RYA5LiPyP_4&hl=en&ei=05QJTaGYM9OChQezk4yvDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_des_Vosges
During the Renaissance, many of the nobles had town houses (hotels) in the Marais. Also Rue St Antoine. There are buildings there older than that, too.
In the first half of the 1500s the population of Paris nearly doubled, reaching 250,000 to 300,000 at midcentury. The number of residents fell in the 1560s and 1590s during times of war, but recovered during periods of peace. Most people lived in the crowded city center. However, buildings sprawled beyond the city walls despite repeated bans on construction. Royal officials erected large townhouses on the right bank of the river Seine away from the city center. The first signs of Renaissance architecture in Paris appeared in this neighborhood. The left bank of the river contained the city's printing shops, the University of Paris, and religious buildings.
http://www.novelguide.com/a/discover/rens_03/rens_03_00345.html
http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft0x0n99zf&chunk.id=d0e94&toc.depth=100&brand=ucpress
http://video.about.com/goparis/A-Quick-Spin-Around-the-Marais.htm
http://www.contexttravel.com/city/Paris/walking_tour_details/Marais_Mansions
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=b3tStqGjUHkC&pg=PA138&lpg=PA138&dq=renaissance+marais,+paris+-+wealthy+homes%3F&source=bl&ots=FHgLuxRd8a&sig=nyud6rw-_EUf9-F4RYA5LiPyP_4&hl=en&ei=05QJTaGYM9OChQezk4yvDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_des_Vosges
What are some good books to read on vacation?
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I'm going to England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. I'm looking for books that are set in the above mentioned locations or pertain to that culture, since I'm doing a lot of travelling by plane (20 hr.s total) and train.
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A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
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