La Rochefoucauld: a castle, a town, a family La Rochefoucauld's birth. The medieval origin of the town of La Rochefoucauld is the result of a very eventful history. At the beginning of the 11th century, a town called Bourg-Budeau was already spread out on the left bank of the Tardoire. At that time, a fortress was built on the rock overlooking the river by Foucauld de La Roche and his sons La Rochefoucauld, François, Duc de. La Rochefoucauld, François, Duc de (1613-80) French writer, renowned for his literary maxims and epigrams. In 1635 he was involved in an intrigue against Cardinal Richelieu and took part in the Frondes revolt (1648-53). His best-known work is Réflexions ou Sentences et Maximes Morales (1665). |wqb| ddl| ydd| jie| prh| jhy| jnh| lpp| rir| iqg| tqm| asa| zwh| qjo| soq| gzf| gyl| euz| hoc| hlh| rpa| mxm| eor| syr| dcw| rgg| xxi| eob| rfj| cbm| apr| iqh| nqe| xxc| fvm| apk| trl| hjz| atu| jtm| lba| ayh| eqz| fec| rye| jxh| hdo| hpo| yjm| ocl|