French salons, literary patronage and censorship (1720–1789)

1. Paris salon culture expands under Regency

   Jan 1, 1720Labels: Paris salons, Regency France

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2. Royal book-trade rules reinforce licensing and censorship

   Jan 1, 1723Labels: Royal book, French censorship

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3. Madame de Tencin’s salon becomes a key hub

   Jan 1, 1726Labels: Madame de, Paris salon

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4. Voltaire’s Letters are condemned and burned

   Jan 1, 1734Labels: Voltaire, Lettres philosophiques

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5. Madame Geoffrin’s salon rises after 1749

   Jan 1, 1749Labels: Madame Geoffrin, Paris salon

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6. Malesherbes leads royal book censorship office

   Jan 1, 1750Labels: Malesherbes, Librairie office

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7. First volume of the Encyclopédie is published

   Jan 1, 1751Labels: Encyclop die, Diderot &

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8. Encyclopédie is temporarily banned by the Crown

   Feb 7, 1752Labels: Royal council, Encyclop die

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9. Royal privilege for the Encyclopédie is revoked

   Mar 8, 1759Labels: Royal privilege, Encyclop die

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10. Rousseau’s Émile is condemned and burned

    Jun 9, 1762Labels: Rousseau, mile

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11. Encyclopédie’s text volumes are completed

    Jan 1, 1765Labels: Encyclop die, Diderot

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12. Société typographique de Neuchâtel is founded

    Jan 1, 1769Labels: Soci t, Neuch tel

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13. Beaumarchais forms a playwrights’ rights association

    Jan 1, 1777Labels: Beaumarchais, Soci t

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14. A long-censored play, The Marriage of Figaro, premieres

    Apr 27, 1784Labels: The Marriage, Beaumarchais

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15. Revolution begins, weakening old censorship controls

    Jul 14, 1789Labels: Storming of, Paris 1789

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16. Declaration of Rights asserts freedom of expression

    Aug 26, 1789Labels: Declaration of, National Assembly

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