Jules Michelet

Jennifer Rushworth (University College London)

Ed. by Jennifer Yee, University of Oxford
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.05: French Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth-Century , 1800-1900.
Vol. editors: David Elwyn Evans (University of St Andrews), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Elisabeth Gerwin (University of Lethbridge), Nigel Harkness (University of Newcastle upon Tyne), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield), Jennifer Yee (University of Oxford)

Dates

Born 21 Aug 1798
Died 9 Feb 1874
Activity 1818-1874

Places

Born in France
Active in France

Activities

Primary

Historian / Chronicler

Resources

Michelet's Works

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Jules Michelet (1798–1874) was a French historical writer whose life spanned much of the nineteenth century. His works have an even broader range, most notably multi-volume histories of France from the early Middle Ages up to the nineteenth century. As a historian, Michelet is renowned for his prose style and as a prophet of the modern French nation. He had strongly republican views, and sought a wide and democratic readership in his varied writings. For much of his life he was active as a teacher and an archivist in prestigious Parisian institutions. Later in life, when political events forced him into exile, he also became interested in natural history.

Michelet was born in Paris on 21 August 1798 to Jean Furcy Michelet, a printer, and Angélique-Constance Miller. His early family life

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Citation: Rushworth, Jennifer. "Jules Michelet". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 August 2017 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=3104, accessed 23 November 2024.]