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THE HIST OR Y OF P ARIS  27

Where to See Renaissance
Paris Today
Besides the Place des Vosges, there are many
16th-Century Knife and Fork Set examples of the Renaissance in Paris. Churches
Ornate knife and fork sets were used in the dining include St-Etienne-du-Mont (p159), St-Eustache
rooms of the wealthy to carve joints of meat. Diners (p116), as well as the nave of St-Gervais–St-Protais
used hands or spoons for eating. (p103). Mansions such as the Hôtel de Bethune-Sully
(p99) and the Hôtel Carnavalet (pp96–7) have been
restored, and the staircases, courtyard and turrets of
Queen’s Pavilion Uniform houses with the Hôtel de Cluny (pp154 –5) date from 1485–96.
arcades flank the pavilion.

The rood screen of St-Etienne-du-Mont
(about 1520) is of outstanding delicacy.

Walnut Dresser (about 1545)
Elegant carved wooden
furniture decorated the
homes of the wealthy.
Nine symmetrical houses
line each side of the square.

Hyante and Climente
Toussaint Dubreuil
and other artists
took up Renaissance
mythological themes.
King’s Pavilion Duels were fought in the centre
of the square in the 17th century.
1609 Henri IV begins
1534 Ignatius of 1546 Work starts on 1559 Primitive street building Place Royale, later
Loyola founds the new Louvre palace; lanterns introduced; renamed Place des Vosges
Society of Jesus first stone quay built Louvre completed 1572
along Seine St Bartholomew’s Day 1589 Henri III assassinated
massacre of Protestants at St-Cloud, near Paris
1520 1530 1540 1550 1560 1570 1580 1590 1600 1610
1547 1589 Henri of Navarre is
1534 Founding of François I dies crowned Henri IV, 1610 Henri IV is
the Collège de France
1559 king of France assassinated by Ravaillac,
1528 François I takes up 1533 Henri II killed in a 1593 Henri IV converts from a religious fanatic
residence in the Louvre Foundation stone of Paris tournament Protestantism to Catholicism
original Hôtel de Ville laid

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