In the book of the visible German sociologist and historian of middle of the XX century Норберта Элиаса on the example of the French royal court of XVII - XVIII вв. such public institute is investigated, as "court society" is totality of king, his family members, close and servants, that make a single mechanism functioning on strict rules all together. An author shows, as sizes and planning of dwelling, themes and tone of conversations, order day and sizes of charges - these and many other parties of life of people of court are set, in a difference, for example, from bourgeois layers, by not profits, not line of business and not personal predilections, namely by position of relatively royal person and aspiration to save and improve this position.A book is counted on the wide circle of the readers, interested in историко-социологическими plots.