Montaigne's Travel Journal
by Michel de Montaigne 
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On a seventeen-month trip in 1580 from France to Rome, Austria, Switzerland, Montaigne recorded his observations on rural customs, antiquities, conversations and thus became a citizen of the world.Tags
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Com diuen pertot arreu és un text d'índole privada per l'ús personal, no per ésser publicat. Tot i això si hom és aficionat a Montaigne li ajudarà a entendre el seu caràcter . Paga la pega dir que fou escrit entre el segon i el tercer volum dels Assaigs i que recull de veu del mateix autor les "censures" dels Assaigs que li comentaren a Roma. El lector curiós trobarà pinzellades geogràfiques, històriques i polítiques que apareixen a la (repetitiva, sovint) narració del viatge.
Jun 5, 2025Catalan
Hoch spannend - mal abgesehen von den Nierenstein-Problemen, sehr sachlich und informativ, erfrischender Stil
Dec 4, 2007German
französische Erstveröffentlichung: 1774
Jan 10, 2026German
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Michel de Montaigne was born in Chateau de Montaigne, near Bordeaux, France, on February 28, 1533. He received his early education at the College de Guyenne in Bordeaux and studied law at Bordeaux and Toulouse, becoming a counselor of the Court des Aides of Perigueaux, the Bordeaux Parliament and, in 1561, at the court of Charles IX. In 1565, show more Montaigne married Francoise de la Chassaigne. They raised one daughter, with four other children dying in infancy. He lived the life as a country gentleman and traveled extensively through Switzerland, Germany, and Italy. Montaigne was a moderate Roman Catholic and an advocate of toleration, acting as an intermediary between Henry of Navarre and the court party. As a result, in 1588, he was arrested by members of the Protestant League and thrown into the Bastille for several hours. His work Essais established the essay as a new literary form and influenced both French and English writers; it was quoted by William Shakespeare and imitated by Francis Bacon. Michel de Montaigne died on September 13, 1592 at his chateau in France. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Viaggio in Italia
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- Italië; Zwitserland
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