Weird History
The Weirdest Rules of Royal French Etiquette
2023 • E41 Apr 16, 2023 11m
Versailles etiquette was as complicated and ornate as the furniture and artwork filling the great chambers of the French royal palace. The smallest details of life at court, including personal hygiene, were dictated, regulated, and policed. But more often than not, court etiquette at Versailles was more bizarre than it was dignified.