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Lettre de cachet ordering Jean-François Marmontel's detention at the Bastille, signed by Louis XV and minister Louis Phélypeaux in 1759. The power to issue lettres de cachet was a royal privilege recognized by the French monarchic civil law that developed during the 13th century, as the Capetian monarchy overcame its initial distrust of Roman law.
A cachet (on the left) commemorating George Washington Carver on a first day cover issued in the USA George W. Linn's cachet (in the lower left corner) on Harding Memorial issue In philately , a cachet ( French pronunciation: [kaʃe] ) is a printed or stamped design or inscription, other than a cancellation or pre-printed postage, on an ...
Cachet (horse), a racehorse; Cachet, Markham, a neighbourhood of Markham, Ontario, Canada; Reputation; Seal (emblem), an impression printed on, embossed upon, or affixed to a document Lettres de cachet, letters signed by the king of France, countersigned by one of his ministers, and closed with the royal seal
Journée du Poilu. 25 et 26 décembre 1915 (transl. The poilu's holiday, December 25 and 26, 1915). French World War I poster by Adolphe Willette about a poilu's Christmas leave from the front. The image of the dogged, bearded French soldier was widely used in propaganda and war memorials. [5]
In 1899 and 1900, Max Uhle was the first archaeologist to excavate a Moche site, Huaca de la Luna, which is where the architectural complex that is known as Huacas de Moche (Pyramids of Moche) is located in the Moche Valley. The name of this architectural complex is where the name of the Moche site and culture came from.
La Grange appealed to François Michel Le Tellier, Marquis of Louvois, claiming that she had information about other crimes of high importance. Louvois reported to the king, who told Gabriel Nicolas de la Reynie , who, among other things, was the chief of the Paris police, to root out the poisoners.
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Lèse-majesté or lese-majesty (UK: / ˌ l iː z ˈ m æ dʒ ɪ s t i / leez MAJ-ist-ee, US: / ˌ l eɪ z-/ layz -) [1] [2] [3] is an offence or defamation against the dignity of a ruling head of state (traditionally a monarch but now more often a president) or of the state itself.