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Receptions
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Found 1404 records
Author of work | Work | Publish year | Receiver | Gender | Reception type | Year | Country | ||
1 | Lussan, Marguerite de | Histoire du règne de Louis XI | 1755 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Egodocument | 1755 | France | |
2 | Lussan, Marguerite de | Histoire de la Comtesse de Gondez | 1725 | Graffigny, Françoise de | F | Egodocument | 1743 | France | |
3 | Lussan, Marguerite de | Histoire de la Comtesse de Gondez | 1725 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
4 | Lussan, Marguerite de | *Marguerite de Lussan, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
5 | Lussan, Marguerite de | Anecdotes de la cour de François I | 1748 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1748 | France | |
6 | Lussan, Marguerite de | Anecdotes de la cour de Philippe Auguste | 1733 | Graffigny, Françoise de | F | Egodocument | 1745 | France | |
7 | Mackenzie, Anna Maria | The Neapolitan or the Test of Integrity | 1796 | ~~translator male (name below) | M | Translation | 1798 | France | |
8 | Maintenon, Françoise de | *Françoise de Maintenon, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Production in theatre | 1881 | France | ||
9 | Maintenon, Françoise de | *Françoise de Maintenon, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Intertextuality | 1765 | France | ||
10 | Maintenon, Françoise de | *Françoise de Maintenon, the author | Suard, Amélie | F | Biography | 1810 | France | ||
11 | Maintenon, Françoise de | *Françoise de Maintenon, the author | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | F | Biography | 1806 | France | ||
12 | Maintenon, Françoise de | *Françoise de Maintenon, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
13 | Maintenon, Françoise de | *Françoise de Maintenon, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1886 | France | ||
14 | Maintenon, Françoise de | *Françoise de Maintenon, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1890 | France | ||
15 | Maintenon, Françoise de | *Françoise de Maintenon, the author | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1804 | France | ||
16 | Malarme, Charlotte de Bournon Dame | Histoire d'Eugénie Bedford, ou le mariage cru impossible | 1784 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
17 | Malarme, Charlotte de Bournon Dame | Anna Rose-Trée | 1783 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
18 | Malarme, Charlotte de Bournon Dame | Les trois frères, ou Lydia Churchill | 1790 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
19 | Malarme, Charlotte de Bournon Dame | Lettres de Milady Lindsey, ou l'épouse pacifique | 1780 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
20 | Malcrais de la Vigne, Mademoiselle | Poésies (Malcrais de la Vigne) | 1735 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Reaction to text or author | 1750 | France | |
21 | Mallès de Beaulieu, Madame | Le Robinson de douze ans | 1818 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Mention | 1900 | France | |
22 | Mallès de Beaulieu, Madame | Le Robinson de douze ans | 1818 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Translation | 1838 | France | |
23 | Mallès de Beaulieu, Madame | Le Robinson de douze ans | 1818 | ~~editor (name unknown) | U | Edition | 1820 | France | |
24 | Mancini, Hortense | Mémoires de M. L. D. M. [duchesse de Mazarin] | 1675 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Mention | 1781 | France | |
25 | Marbouty, Caroline | Ange de Spola, études de femmes | 1842 | Sand, George | F | Egodocument | 1843 | France | |
26 | Marbouty, Caroline | *Caroline Marbouty, the author | Sand, George | F | Egodocument | 1863 | France | ||
27 | Maréchal, Marie | *Marie Maréchal, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
28 | Marguerite de Duyn | *Marguerite de Duyn, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
29 | Marguerite de France | Mémoires de la reine Marguerite de Navarre | 1610 | ~~editor male (name below) | M | Edition | 1628 | France | |
30 | Marguerite de France | Mémoires de la reine Marguerite de Navarre | 1610 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
31 | Marguerite de France | Mémoires de la reine Marguerite de Navarre | 1610 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | |
32 | Marguerite de France | Mémoires de la reine Marguerite de Navarre | 1610 | Mongellaz, Fanny | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1828 | France | |
33 | Marguerite de France | Mémoires de la reine Marguerite de Navarre | 1610 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1921 | France | |
34 | Marie de France | Lais | 1150 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
35 | Marie de France | Lais | 1150 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1921 | France | |
36 | Marie de France | *Marie de France, the author | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1804 | France | ||
37 | Marie de France | Lais | 1150 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | |
38 | Marie de France | *Marie de France, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
39 | Marquetz, Anne de | Sonets, prières et devises en forme de pasquins pour l'assemblée de messieurs les prélats et docteurs, tenue à Poissy | 1566 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Reaction to text or author | 1580 | France | |
40 | Martin, Anaïs | L'Amie des jeunes personnes | 1843 | ~~institution (name below) | F | Award | 1843 | France | |
41 | Mendoza de Vivès, María | Las barras de plata | 1866 | Belloc, Joséphine de | F | Translation | 1866 | France | |
42 | Mennessier-Nodier, Marie | *Marie Mennessier-Nodier, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1843 | France | ||
43 | Mennessier-Nodier, Marie | *Marie Mennessier-Nodier, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
44 | Mérard de Saint-Just, Anne-Jeanne-Félicité d'Ormoy | Le château noir, ou les souffrances de la jeune Ophelle | 1799 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
45 | Mercoeur, Elisa | *Elisa Mercoeur, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1843 | France | ||
46 | Merlin, Comtesse | Mes douze premières années | 1831 | Sand, George | F | Article in the press | 1836 | France | |
47 | Merlin, Comtesse | Mes douze premières années | 1831 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1839 | France | |
48 | Merlin, Comtesse | Mes douze premières années | 1831 | ~~journalist (name below) | M | Article in the press | 1836 | France | |
49 | Merlin, Comtesse | Mes douze premières années | 1831 | Sand, George | F | Egodocument | 1836 | France | |
50 | Milly, Mademoiselle de | Histoire du coeur | 1768 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1768 | France | |
51 | Milly, Mademoiselle de | Histoire du coeur | 1768 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1768 | France | |
52 | Milly, Mademoiselle de | Histoire du coeur | 1768 | ~~journalist (name below) | M | Article in the press | 1768 | France | |
53 | Milly, Mademoiselle de | Histoire du coeur | 1768 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
54 | Milly, Mademoiselle de | Histoire du coeur | 1768 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1768 | France | |
55 | Milly, Mademoiselle de | Histoire du coeur | 1768 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1768 | France | |
56 | Mongellaz, Fanny | De l'influence des femmes sur les moeurs et sur les destinées des nations, sur leurs familles et la société | 1828 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Proof of influence | 1838 | France | |
57 | Mongellaz, Fanny | De l'influence des femmes sur les moeurs et sur les destinées des nations, sur leurs familles et la société | 1828 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Proof of influence | 1838 | France | |
58 | Mongellaz, Fanny | De l'influence des femmes sur les moeurs et sur les destinées des nations, sur leurs familles et la société | 1828 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Proof of influence | 1907 | France | |
59 | Montégut, Jeanne Ségla, dame de | *Jeanne Ségla, dame de Montégut, the author | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1804 | France | ||
60 | Montégut, Jeanne Ségla, dame de | *Jeanne Ségla, dame de Montégut, the author | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1767 | France | ||
61 | Montégut, Jeanne Ségla, dame de | *Jeanne Ségla, dame de Montégut, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
62 | Montenay, Georgette de | Emblèmes ou devises chrestiennes | 1571 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
63 | Montenay, Georgette de | Emblèmes ou devises chrestiennes | 1571 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | |
64 | Montenay, Georgette de | Emblèmes ou devises chrestiennes | 1571 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1921 | France | |
65 | Montesson, Charlotte-Jeanne Béraud, Marquise de | Marianne ou l'orpheline | 1782 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1921 | France | |
66 | Montmort, Mademoiselle de | Héraclite et Démocrite | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | ||
67 | Montolieu, Isabelle de | Le Robinson suisse, ou Journal d'un père de famille... continué par Mme de Montolieu... | 1824 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Preface (allograph) | 1900 | France | |
68 | Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans | Mémoires [de Mlle de Montpensier] | 1735 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1921 | France | |
69 | Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans | Mémoires [de Mlle de Montpensier] | 1735 | Roland, Marie Jeanne Philippon | F | Egodocument | 1793 | France | |
70 | Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans | *Duchesse de Montpensier, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
71 | Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans | Mémoires [de Mlle de Montpensier] | 1735 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | |
72 | Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans | Mémoires [de Mlle de Montpensier] | 1735 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
73 | Moreau, Marie | Contes orientaux, ou les récits du sage Caleb, voyageur Persan | 1779 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Mention | 1781 | France | |
74 | Morville, Mademoiselle Fatné de | Les Egarements réparés ou histoire de Miss Louise Mildmay | 1773 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Women's press: article | 1774 | France | |
75 | Morville, Mademoiselle Fatné de | Les Egarements réparés ou histoire de Miss Louise Mildmay | 1773 | ~~translator (name unknown) | U | Article in the press | 1773 | France | |
76 | Motteville, Madame de | Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire d'Anne d'Autriche, épouse de Louis XIII | 1723 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
77 | Motteville, Madame de | Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire d'Anne d'Autriche, épouse de Louis XIII | 1723 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1921 | France | |
78 | Motteville, Madame de | Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire d'Anne d'Autriche, épouse de Louis XIII | 1723 | Graffigny, Françoise de | F | Egodocument | 1738 | France | |
79 | Motteville, Madame de | Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire d'Anne d'Autriche, épouse de Louis XIII | 1723 | Mongellaz, Fanny | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1828 | France | |
80 | Motteville, Madame de | Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire d'Anne d'Autriche, épouse de Louis XIII | 1723 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | |
81 | Motteville, Madame de | *Madame de Motteville, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
82 | Motteville, Madame de | *Madame de Motteville, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1890 | France | ||
83 | Murat, Henriette Julie de | Histoires sublimes et allégoriques (par Mme de Murat) | 1699 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
84 | Murat, Henriette Julie de | Mémoires de Madame la Comtesse de M*** | 1697 | Graffigny, Françoise de | F | Egodocument | 1744 | France | |
85 | Murat, Henriette Julie de | Les lutins du château de Kermosy | 1710 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
86 | Murat, Henriette Julie de | Contes de fées (de Mme de Murat) | 1698 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
87 | Murat, Henriette Julie de | Mémoires de Madame la Comtesse de M*** | 1697 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
88 | Murat, Henriette Julie de | Voyage de campagne | 1699 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
89 | Navarre, Marguerite de | *Marguerite de Navarre, the author | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1921 | France | ||
90 | Navarre, Marguerite de | *Marguerite de Navarre, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Obituary | 1550 | France | ||
91 | Navarre, Marguerite de | *Marguerite de Navarre, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
92 | Navarre, Marguerite de | Heptaméron ou histoire des amans fortunez | 1558 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Intertextuality | France | ||
93 | Navarre, Marguerite de | Heptaméron ou histoire des amans fortunez | 1558 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Intertextuality | 1580 | France | |
94 | Navarre, Marguerite de | *Marguerite de Navarre, the author | Haussonville, Louise de Broglie, Ctesse d' | F | Biography | 1870 | France | ||
95 | Navarre, Marguerite de | Heptaméron ou histoire des amans fortunez | 1558 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | |
96 | Navarre, Marguerite de | *Marguerite de Navarre, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
97 | Navarre, Marguerite de | *Marguerite de Navarre, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1890 | France | ||
98 | Navarre, Marguerite de | Heptaméron ou histoire des amans fortunez | 1558 | Duplessy, Madame | F | Egodocument | 1760 | France | |
99 | Nemours, Marie d'Orléans, Duchesse de | Mémoires (de la Duchesse de Nemours) | 1709 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | |
100 | Neveu, Magdeleine, Dame Desroches | Les Oeuvres de Mesdames Desroches, Mère et fille | 1578 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France |