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Discourse on Universal History

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

This book is in French.

A history of the world written for the Dauphin in three parts: the twelve epochs from the creation to Charlemagne, the continuity of religion from Adam to the Church, and the empires, whose revolutions are ruled by Providence. Published in 1681. Lachat edition (1864).

Contents

Source: Typed transcription of volume XXIV, pages 001 and 007-010. The transcription loses the œ ligature; it is restored by a dictionary pass (ambiguous forms such as sœur/sur, mœurs/murs, vœu/vu decided from the Lachat OCR). Page-bottom notes of the Lachat edition are kept as footnotes.