Philippe de Commynes (1447–1511)
Auteur van Memoirs: The reign of Louis XI, 1461-83 (Penguin Classics)
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1447
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1511 (circa)
- Geslacht
- male
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- France
- Geboorteplaats
- Renescure, Flanders
- Plaats van overlijden
- Argenton, Poitou, France
- Woonplaatsen
- Renescure, Flanders (birth)
- Beroepen
- diplomat
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Memoirs: The reign of Louis XI, 1461-83 door Philippe de Commynes
I believe this is one of the first modern style history books, where the author attempted a searching analysis of the things he'd seen. it feels very renaissance, a definite mind shift is in progress. Contrasted with the "Life of Bayard", by the "Loyal Servitour" it's an in depth book. Novelists from Walter Scott to Jean Plaidy have used it with profit. this translation is well written and moves along nicely. Exactly the kind of thing I like reading.
Lamb’s note inside the front cover (perhaps addressed to Coleridge): Read Chapters 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, & 12th of the 6th Book of this History; of the pleasant end of King Lewis the 11th of France; particularly of his shifting his servants (page 206) alledging that Nature delighteth in variety; together with his ingenious contrivances (page 208) not to be thought dead; with the singular opinions of honest Comines concerning the virtues of the said Lewis, & how he was the best of all the sovereign princes he had known in his time…”… (meer)
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