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Jules Michelet

1798 - 1874

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Jules Michelet (French: [ʒyl miʃlɛ]; 21 August 1798 – 9 February 1874) was a French historian and writer. He is best known for his multivolume work, Histoire de France (History of France), which is considered a foundational text in modern historiography. Michelet was influenced by Giambattista Vico; he admired Vico's emphasis on the role of people and their customs in shaping history, which was a major departure from the emphasis on political and military leaders. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jules Michelet has received more than 447,013 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Jules Michelet is the 469th most popular writer (up from 473rd in 2019), the 551st most popular biography from France (up from 567th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular French Writer.

Jules Michelet is most famous for his book "The History of France" which he wrote in the 1800s. The book covers the history of France from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution.

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  • 47

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  • 8.01

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  • 2.99

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Notable Works

La femme
1800
Michelet par lui-même
1909
Satanism and witchcraft
1939
L' oiseau
1861
Histoire de France
France
1837
Histoire de la Révolution Française
France
1879

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jules Michelet ranks 469 out of 7,302. Before him are Marguerite de Navarre, Saint-John Perse, John Galsworthy, Eyvind Johnson, Margaret Atwood, and Traudl Junge. After him are Athenaeus, Louise de La Vallière, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Livius Andronicus, Milena Jesenská, and Verner von Heidenstam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1798, Jules Michelet ranks 7. Before him are Auguste Comte, Eugène Delacroix, Adam Mickiewicz, Pedro I of Brazil, Alexandra Feodorovna, and Giacomo Leopardi. After him are Charles Albert of Sardinia, Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry, Josiah Warren, František Palacký, Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia, and August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben. Among people deceased in 1874, Jules Michelet ranks 3. Before him are Anders Jonas Ångström, and Millard Fillmore. After him are Adolphe Quetelet, François Guizot, David Strauss, Johann Philipp Reis, Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria, Josiah Warren, Marià Fortuny, Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira, and Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jules Michelet ranks 551 out of 6,770. Before him are Lothair of France (941), Étienne de La Boétie (1530), Marguerite de Navarre (1492), Michel Piccoli (1925), Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814), and Éric Rohmer (1920). After him are René Laennec (1781), France Gall (1947), Gustave Caillebotte (1848), Louise de La Vallière (1644), Maurice Utrillo (1883), and Rashi (1040).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jules Michelet ranks 83. Before him are André Maurois (1885), Auguste Escoffier (1847), Boris Vian (1920), Jacques Hébert (1757), Héloïse (1101), and Marguerite de Navarre (1492). After him are Louise de La Vallière (1644), Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848), Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394), Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627), Henri Barbusse (1873), and Gérard de Nerval (1808).

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