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Catherine De' Medici : 9781514822036
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Catherine De' Medici : 9781514822036
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"[...]but, for whoever studies modern history to its depths, it is plain that historians are privileged liars, who lend their pen to popular beliefs precisely as the newspapers of the day, or most of them, express the opinions of their readers. Historical independence has shown itself much less among lay writers than among those of the Church. It is from the Benedictines, one of the glories of France, that the purest light has come to us in the matter of history, --so long, of course, as the interests of the order were not involved. About the middle of the eighteenth century great and learned controversialists, struck by the necessity of correcting popular errors endorsed by historians, made and published to the world very remarkable works. Thus Monsieur de Launoy, nicknamed the "Expeller of Saints," made cruel war upon the saints surreptitiously smuggled [...]."
| Author: Katherine Prescott Wormeley |
| Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: Jul 04, 2015 |
| Number of Pages: 306 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1514822032 |
| ISBN-13: 9781514822036 |
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