Michelet
Americannoun
noun
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The influential historian Jules Michelet, a Huguenot, famously termed Catherine "the maggot from Italy's tomb."
From Salon • Sep. 26, 2022
Throughout 132 years of French colonisation the streets were respectively known as rue d'Isly, Boulevard Michelet and rue Sadi Carnot.
From BBC • Aug. 17, 2022
“In the 19th century, Jules Michelet, who wrote the French history textbook for schools, detested Eleanor, because she had abandoned the French king,” explained Sébastien Lefebvre, a guide in Poitiers.
From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2021
The French historian Jules Michelet said that the nation is a daily plebiscite.
From Slate • Jul. 12, 2019
“Beware, La Gioconda is a dangerous picture,” writes the French historian Jules Michelet.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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