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Montaigne, Michel Eyquem, seigneur de
(Encyclopedia)Montaigne, Michel Eyquem, seigneur de mntn´, Fr. mshl´ km´ snyör´ d môNtn´y [key], 1533–92, French essayist. Montaigne was one of the greatest masters of the essay as a li...Rais, Gilles de Laval, seigneur de
(Encyclopedia)Rais, Gilles de Laval, seigneur de: see Retz, Gilles de Laval, seigneur de.Monluc, Blaise de
(Encyclopedia)Monluc, Blaise de: see Montluc, Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur de.La Boétie, Étienne de
(Encyclopedia)La Boétie, Étienne de tyn´ d lä bôs´ [key], 1530–63, French judge and writer. He served with Montaigne in the Bordeaux parlement and is immortalized in Montaigne's essay on friendshi...Racan, Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de
(Encyclopedia)Racan, Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de nrä´ d bö´y snyör´ d räkäN´ [key], 1589–1670, French poet. A disciple of Malherbe, he wrote some lyric poetry and a charming pastoral drama,...skepticism
(Encyclopedia)skepticism skp´tszm [key] [Gr.,=to reflect], philosophic position holding that the possibility of knowledge is limited either because of the limitations of the mind or because of the inaccess...Soubise, Benjamin de Rohan, seigneur de
(Encyclopedia)Soubise, Benjamin de Rohan, seigneur de bäNzhämN´ d räN´ snyûr´ d soobz´ [key], 1583–1642, French Protestant general. He fought under Maurice of Nassau in the Netherlands and s...Montluc, Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur de
(Encyclopedia)Montluc or Monluc, Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur de blz d läsräN´-mäsäNkôm´, snyör´ d môNlük´ [key], c.1502–1577, marshal of France. A Gascon soldier of fortune, he fo...Charron, Pierre
(Encyclopedia)Charron, Pierre pyr shärôN´ [key], 1541–1603, French Roman Catholic theologian and philosopher. He was an important contributor to 17th-century theological thought, combining an individual form...Brantôme, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de
(Encyclopedia)Brantôme, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de pyr d boord´y snyör´ d bräNtm´ [key], 1540?–1614, French courtier, soldier, and author of memoirs. He accompanied Mary Stuart to Sco...Browse by Subject
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