M. Joly - Mémoires de M. Joly - 1718
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Mémoires de M. Joly by M. Joly, first edition, 519 pages, in French, leather binding, 17 × 10 cm, in reasonable condition.
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Two volumes in one, in-12 calf, 265; 254 pages, covers preserved.
Exterior wear, fresh interior - Pleasant copy.
Claude Joly (circa 1607–1700) was a French clergyman, canon of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris and author of several historical writings.
He is best known for his memoirs that recount the religious and political life of 17th-century France.
Contents of the Memoirs
The Memoirs present:
1. Religious life in Paris
organization of the clergy
theological debates
relations between the ecclesiastical authorities and the monarchy.
2. Political events
The memoirs evoke several important episodes of the reign of Louis XIV, as well as the religious and political tensions of the time.
3. Personal observations
Like many memorialists of the 17th century, Joly blends:
personal memories
testimonies about the personalities of his time
comments on Parisian society.
Historical Significance
The Memoirs of Claude Joly are useful to historians because they offer:
a direct testimony to ecclesiastical life,
details of Parisian society of the Grand Siècle,
an internal view of the French clergy under the monarchy.
Two volumes in one, in-12 calf, 265; 254 pages, covers preserved.
Exterior wear, fresh interior - Pleasant copy.
Claude Joly (circa 1607–1700) was a French clergyman, canon of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris and author of several historical writings.
He is best known for his memoirs that recount the religious and political life of 17th-century France.
Contents of the Memoirs
The Memoirs present:
1. Religious life in Paris
organization of the clergy
theological debates
relations between the ecclesiastical authorities and the monarchy.
2. Political events
The memoirs evoke several important episodes of the reign of Louis XIV, as well as the religious and political tensions of the time.
3. Personal observations
Like many memorialists of the 17th century, Joly blends:
personal memories
testimonies about the personalities of his time
comments on Parisian society.
Historical Significance
The Memoirs of Claude Joly are useful to historians because they offer:
a direct testimony to ecclesiastical life,
details of Parisian society of the Grand Siècle,
an internal view of the French clergy under the monarchy.
Details
Number of Books
1
Subject
Biographies and memoirs, History
Book Title
Mémoires de M. Joly
Author/ Illustrator
M. Joly
Condition
Fair
Publication year oldest item
1718
Height
17 cm
Edition
1st Edition
Width
10 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Chez les Héritiers de Lepers
Binding/ Material
Leather
Number of pages
519
