Mémoires de Messire Pierre de Bourdeille, Seigneur de Brantôme

Type:
boek
Titel:
Mémoires de Messire Pierre de Bourdeille, Seigneur de Brantôme
Auteur:
Bourdeille, Pierre de
Jaar:
1699
URL:
https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb10069842 vol.1
Onderwerp:
17th Century (1601-1700)
Biography
Biography
Taal:
Frans
Uitgever:
Leiden Sambix 1699
Plaatsnummer:
ORPH.KTS1 C1.60 09D20_01 (Orpheus Instituut)
ORPH.KTS1 C1.60 09D20_02 (Orpheus Instituut)
Paginering:
2 vols. ([iv]-308 + [iv]-304 pages) 8,5 x 14 cm
Nota:
There also exists a fourth volume, see https://archive.org/details/mmoirescontenan00brangoog/page/n8
vol.3 = 09F22
Pierre de Bourdeille was a French historian, soldier and biographer.
De Bourdeille can hardly be regarded as a historian proper, and his Memoirs cannot be accepted as a very trustworthy source of information. But he writes in a quaint conversational way, pouring forth his thoughts, observations or facts without order or system, and with the greatest frankness.His works give a picture of the general court-life of the time, with its unblushing and undisguised profligacy. There is not an homme illustre or a dame galante in all his gallery of portraits who has not engaged in sexual immorality; and yet the whole is narrated with the most complete unconsciousness that there is anything objectionable in their conduct.[Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Pierre de Bourdeille, Seigneur and Abbé de Brantôme". Encyclopædia Britannica. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.]
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