Michel de Montaigne
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Renaissance
- Categories: Government and Politics, Philosophy, Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Philosophers
- Curriculum: Renaissance History, French History
Article abstract: In an age of violent religious and political struggles, Montaigne mediated for tolerance. His gift to literature was the invention of the essay.
Early Life
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne was born in his father’s château in Périgord, a French county east and north of Bordeaux, which became a part of France in 1607. His father, Pierre Eyquem, held many important posts, including that of Mayor of Bordeaux, and afforded an unusual model of religious tolerance by heading a Catholic family that included a Protestant wife of Spanish and Jewish...
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