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Jules Michelet was a French historian and writer, best known for his multi-volume work Histoire de France, which chronicles the history of France from its earliest origins to the French Revolution. Michelet was influenced by Giambattista Vico, particularly by his emphasis on the role of ordinary people and their customs in shaping historical narratives, which contrasted with the traditional focus…
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culture · French writer and historian (1798–1874) · historian · archivist · writer · diarist · professor · translator · philosopher · also Jules Michelet, Zhiul Mishle, Michelet
Born 21 August 1798 · Died 9 February 1874 · Q310791
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“Once upon a time, every women wore a single blue or black gown that she kept ten years without washing, for fear that it would fall to shreds. Today, her husband, poor working man, for one day’s wages, covers her with a garment of flowers.”
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The New York Times: OBITUARY.; JULES MICHELET.
The work was adapted into an animated art film, Belladonna of Sadness, directed by Eiichi Yamamoto and produced by Mushi Production
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Died 1874-02-09.
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“Follow the migrations of mankind from East to West along the sun's course and along the track of the world's magnetic currents; observe its long voyage from Asia to Europe, from India to France.... At its starting point, in India, the birthplace of races and of religions, the womb of the world .”
“Out of India, until 89 there fell a torrent of light—the river of Right and Reason.”
“A vida se ilumina e se imanta com a vida e se extingue-se com o isolamento. Quanto mais se mistura a vida diferente dela mesma, mais ela se torna solidária das outras existências, e mais ganha em força, felicidade e fecundidade.”
“Chaque homme est une humanité, une histoire universelle.”
Amid France's defeat by Prussia, followed by the rise and fall of the Paris Commune the next year, once more stimulated Michelet to activity
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Michelet completed his magnum opus, the Histoire de France, comprising 19 volumes
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Michelet published La Sorcière (Satanism and Witchcraft), a book that developed from a historical topic and reflected some of his more unconventional views
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Jules Michelet lost his position at the Record Office due to his refusal to swear loyalty to the new emperor
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At 51, he married his second wife, the 23-year-old Athénaïs Michelet (née Mialaret)
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Michelet's studies reinforced his natural aversion to the principles of authority and ecclesiasticism
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Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1833).
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Published Précis d’histoire moderne, an influential overview of contemporary history
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Michelet married Pauline Rousseau
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And was soon appointed to a professorship of history at the Collège Rollin
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Studied at Lycée Charlemagne (1812–1816).
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Born 1798-08-21.
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Follow the migrations of mankind from East to West along the sun's course and along the track of the world's magnetic currents; observe its long voyage from Asia to Europe, from India to France.... At its starting point, in India, the birthplace of races and of religions, the womb of the world .
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