Augustin Thierry

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Augustin Thierry


Born
in Blois, France
May 10, 1795

Died
May 22, 1856

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Jacques Nicolas Augustin Thierry, better known as Augustin Thierry was a French historian. Although originally a follower of Henri de Saint-Simon, he later developed his own approach to history. A committed liberal, his approach to history often introduced a romantic interpretation, although he did engage in research of primary sources. He nevertheless was recognised as a significant historian of the evolution of communal governance. He was the elder broter of Amédée Thierry and the uncle of Gilbert Augustin Thierry.

Jacques Nicolas Augustin Thierry, mieux connu sous le nom d'Augustin Thierry est un historien français. Bien qu'à l'origine un disciple d'Henri de Saint-Simon, il a développé plus tard sa propre approche de l'histoire. Libéral e
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“The ancient Britons lived and breathed in poetry: the expression may seem extravagant, but it is not so in reality; for, in their political maxims, preserved to our own times, they place the poet-musician beside the agriculturist and the artist, as one of the three pillars of social existence.”
Augustin Thierry, History of the Conquest of England by the Normans: All Volumes

“Harold, according to some historians, crowned himself with his own hand, without any religious ceremony; and renewing in his heart the ancient spirit of his ancestors, he conceived a hatred for Christianity.”
Augustin Thierry, History of the Conquest of England by the Normans: All Volumes