Mathieu da Vinha

Mathieu da Vinha (born 15 March 1976) is a 21st-century French historian. He is the author of several studies or biographies relating to life under the reign of king Louis XIV. A research associate, he is the scientific director of the Palace of Versailles Research Centre.

Career

Mathieu da Vinha was born in Argenteuil.[1] After studying in Paris in Khâgne at the lycée Paul-Valéry then Cité scolaire internationale Honoré-de-Balzac [fr], Mathieu da Vinha studied history at the Paris-Sorbonne University, where he obtained a doctorate in modern history in 2003. In 2006, he joined the corps of engineers of ancient sources, and the following year that of research engineers in source analysis.[2]

He is currently the Scientific Director of the Palace of Versailles Research Centre.[3]

Mathieu da Vinha is the historical advisor to the television series Versailles,[4] 23 November 2015[5] broadcast on Canal+ from November 2015.

Works

Publications

  • Les Valets de chambre de Louis XIV,[6] Éditions Perrin [fr], series Pour l'Histoire, Paris, June 2004, ISBN 9782262030445
  • Louis XIV et Versailles, éd. Arts Lys/Château de Versailles, Versailles, 2009
  • Le Versailles de Louis XIV : Le fonctionnement d'une résidence royale au XVIIe,[7] Perrin, series Pour l'Histoire, Paris, September 2009 ; reissued Le Grand Livre du mois and France Loisirs, 2010
  • Alexandre Bontemps, Premier valet de chambre de Louis XIV,[8] Perrin, series Les métiers de Versailles, Paris, October 2011
  • Au service du roi. Dans les coulisses de Versailles, Éditions Tallandier [fr], 2015.[9]
  • Versailles; Enquête historique. Tallandier. 2015. p. 256. ISBN 9791021010024.

Copublication

Codirection of works

  • 2010: Les Grandes galeries européennes, XVIIe/XIXe (with Claire Constans), Centre de recherche du château de Versailles/Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme, series "Aulica"
  • 2011: Cultures de cour, cultures du corps, XIVe/XVIIIe (with Catherine Lanoë and Bruno Laurioux), Presses de l'université Paris-Sorbonne [fr], series "Mythes, Critique et Histoire"
  • 2014: Louis XIV, l'image et le mythe (with Alexandre Maral and Nicolas Milovanovic), editions Presses universitaires de Rennes & Centre de recherche du château de Versailles, series Histoire, Aulica. L'univers de la cour
  • 2015 Versailles : histoire, dictionnaire et anthologie[11](with Raphaël Masson), éditions Robert Laffont, series Bouquins

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