Leve (Ceremony) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Lever adopted in English as leve- initially the simple act of getting up in the morning- was raised to a ceremonial custom at the court of Louis XIV. In the court etiquette that Louis formalized, the set of extremely elaborated conventions was divided into the grand lever, attended by the full court in the gallery outside the king's bedchamber, and the petit lever that transpired in degrees in the king's chamber, where only a very select group might serve the king as he rose and dressed. The king's retiring ceremony proceeded in reverse order and was known as the coucher.