Chapters of the Biographical History of the French AcademyBoD – Books on Demand, 2022 M03 11 - 184 pages Reprint of the original, first published in 1864. With an appendix, relating to the unpublished monastic chronicle, entitled, Liber de Hyda. |
Contents
THE FOUNDERS THE HOTEL DE RAMBOUILLET Thy | 8 |
THE EARLY ELECTIONS AND EXCLUSIONS THE EXPULSION | 22 |
BUFFON TIIE COURT DEVOTEE PARADIS DE MUNCRIT | 38 |
RETROSPECTIVE GLANCE AT THE ACADEMIC PRIZES ANI | 45 |
CHATEAUBRIAND AND NAPOLEON 1 THE WRITER | 58 |
CONTENTS | 77 |
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE HIS WORK ON NORTE AMERICA | 86 |
ALFRED DE VIGNY AND THE COUNT DE MOLÉ | 100 |
THE GOBERT PRIZES FOR FRENCH HISTORY THE PRIZES | 113 |
THE EARLY BIOGRAPHERS OF KING ALFRED WITH | 127 |
TIE RELATIVE STATUS OF THE HISTORIANS OF ALFRED | 136 |
LIST OF AUTHORITIES QUOTED BY TIIE HYDE CHRONICLER | 161 |
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