Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The coat of arms of Michel Eyquem, Lord of Montaigne. Michel Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne (/ m ɒ n ˈ t eɪ n / mon-TAYN; [4] French: [miʃɛl ekɛm də mɔ̃tɛɲ]; Middle French: [miˈʃɛl ejˈkɛm də mõnˈtaɲə]; 28 February 1533 – 13 September 1592 [5]), commonly known as Michel de Montaigne, was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance.
The Essays (French: Essais, pronounced) of Michel de Montaigne are contained in three books and 107 chapters of varying length. They were originally written in Middle French and published in the Kingdom of France.
The Bordeaux copy of the Essays is a 1588 edition of Michel de Montaigne's Essais held by the Bibliothèque municipale de Bordeaux. [1]The book contains about 1300 manuscript corrections and annotations made by Montaigne between the summer of 1588 and the 13 September 1592 (date of his death).
The tradition begins with the Essais of Michel de Montaigne (1580), but its heyday was the late 17th century. [1] Although the moralists wrote essays and pen-portraits, their preferred genre was the maxim. These were short abstract statements devoid of context, often containing paradoxes and always designed to shock or surprise. The moralists ...
October 7 – In the naval Battle of Lepanto, Miguel de Cervantes is wounded. Michel de Montaigne retires from public life and isolates himself in the tower of the Château de Montaigne. 1572 England's Vagabonds Act 1572 prescribes punishment for rogues. This includes acting companies lacking formal patronage.
The Dog of Montarges tells the story of a falsely accused mute and his acquittal. In the play, Dame Gertrude oversees an inn at which Eloi, Ursula and Bertrand work. They must entertain a group of soldiers (members of a higher class than that of the inn keepers) who have returned from battle.
Plays with incidental music; J. Judge Dredd audio dramas; L. ... List of Lope de Vega's plays in English translation; W. List of one-act plays by Tennessee Williams
is taken from the works of French essayist Michel de Montaigne and means, "What do I know." Started in 1941 by Paul Angoulvent (1899–1976), [1] founder of the Presses Universitaires de France, the series now numbers over 3,900 titles by more than 2,500 authors, and various volumes, taken all together, have been translated into more than 43 ...