Go to the Web and into Google Image Search, then look up page after page of the many, MANY portraits of King Louis XIV of France, the "Sun King". With his Big Hair, fantastic hats and dress, Louis was the vanity champion of them all. The hundreds of rooms in his Versailles palace were practically walled in floor to ceiling mirrors in ornate gilded frames.
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Anonymous2012-01-27 1:56
Back then, little distinction was made between homo and hetero orientation. Little boys were frequently passed around in the French court. Often their bottoms were patterned in ink and used to mark official documents.