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Michelet

American

[meesh^uh-ley] / miʃəˈleɪ /

noun

Jules 1798–1874, French historian.

Michelet British

/ miʃəle /

noun

Jules (ʒyl). 1798–1874, French historian, noted esp for his Histoire de France (17 vols, 1833–67)

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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

“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

"Bussing has become essential because it encourages integration," says Bernard Vigouroux, headmaster of the Michelet school in the city centre which has taken in around 70 children from the suburbs.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2021

The French historian Jules Michelet said that the nation is a daily plebiscite.

From Slate • Jul. 12, 2019

“The Family rests upon Love, and Society upon the family. Hence Love goes before everything,” Michelet declares in the introduction.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

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