Have you ever wondered what inspired your favorite classic novelist to write their stories? What was happening in their lives to inspire their famous works? What was happening in the world at the time that they wrote those stories you love?
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For the next few weeks we will talk about the life of Alexandre Dumas. What inspired him to write The Three Musketeers? What else was happening in the world at the time?
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Welcome to Bite at a Time Books Behind the Story, where we answer the questions you have about your favorite classic authors.
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What inspired your favorite author to write their novels?
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What was going on in the world at the time?
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Follow along with us as we tell you what was happening in the world while your favorite authors wrote your favorite classics.
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My name is Brie Carlyle and I love to read and wanted to share my passion with listeners like you.
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Today we'll be talking about the Musketeers of the Guard, which helped inspire the three Musketeers the Musketeers of the Guard, or King's Musketeers, had the full name Musketeers of the military household of the King of France.
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They were an elite fighting company of the military branch of the Mesundaroo, the Royal household of the French monarchy.
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They were founded in 1622 when Louis XII furnished a company of light Calvary the Caribbean, created by Louis father, Henry V.
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With muskets, the Musketeers fought in battles both on foot, infantry and on horseback Calvary.
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They formed the Royal Guard for the King while he was outside of the Royal Residences.
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Within the Royal Residences, the King's Guard was the guard du corpse and the guardres.
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The Musketeers of the Guard wore an early type of military uniform with a tab bird known as subravest, indicating that they belonged to the King, and an embroidered white cross denoting the fact that they were formed during the Hug Not rebellions in support of the Catholic cause.
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Shortly after the Musketeers were established, a second company was founded to report to Cardinal Rishelu.
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At the Cardinal's death in 1642, the company passed to his successor, Cardinal Mazarin, who disbanded his Musketeers in 1646.
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He revived the Musketeers in 1657 with a company of 150 men.
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Upon Mazarin's death in 1661, the Cardinals Musketeers passed to Louis XIV.
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In 1664, the two companies were reorganized.
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One company took the name Gray Musketeers from the color of their matched horses, while the second were called Black Musketeers mounted on black horses.
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At roughly the same time, the size of the musketeer companies was doubled.
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The Musketeers were among the most prestigious of the military companies of the Antean regime and in principal.
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Membership in the companies was reserved for nobles.
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With the reforms of Michelle la Tagier, which mandated a certain number of years in military service before nobles could attain the rank of officer.
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Many nobles sought to do this service in the privileged Musketeer companies.
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In 1776, the Musketeers were disbanded by Louis XVI for budgetary reasons.
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Reformed in 1789, they were disbanded again shortly after the French Revolution.
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They were reformed on July 61814 and definitively disbanded on January 11816.
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The following are some of the notable Musketeers.
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Charles de Bats de Castlemore D'Artagnan the historical basis of Alexander Dumas's character D'Artagnan in his 1844 novel The Three Musketeers Henry de Aramis The historical basis of Dumas character Aramis in The Three Musketeers Armand Diatos The historical basis of Dumas character Athos in The Three Musketeers Isaac de Porthow The historical basis of Dumas's character AR Monsieur de Traville in The Three Musketeers Gilbert Du Mathier Marquis de Lafayette Later American Revolutionary War General Louis de Ruvroy Duke Descent Simon Atune de Boer, first Mayor of New Orleans thank you for joining Bite At the Time Books Behind the Story Today While we answered some of the questions you have about one of your favorite classic authors, just a reminder that all of our social media links and other links are down in the show notes.
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