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Montesquieu was in full
Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu.
A rather uncool name for your band, but the man had style. He was
French and a political philosopher.
Montesquieu became very famous for his
political work The Spirit of Laws.
MONTESQUIEU'S FAMILY
Charles-Louis was eldest child of Jacques de Secondat
and Marie-Françoise de Pesnel. Marie-Françoise brought
La Brède into the marriage (think castle and vineyards) which
is located close to Bordeaux. She died in 1696. Jacques died
in 1713.
In
1715, Charles-Louis married Jeanne de Lartigue. They
had two daughters and one son, Jean-Baptiste. Jeanne was a
pretty smart woman.
MONTESQUIEU'S
MONEY
Charles-Louis's family was quite comfortable financially. But
the great break through came for Charles-Louis when his uncle,
the Baron de Montesquieu died. His inheritance meant big bucks
and a job in the Bordeaux parliament.
MONTESQUIEU'S
WRITINGS
1721 Persian Letter (Lettres persanes)
1734 La Monarchie universelle
1734 Considerations on the Causes of the Grandeur and
Declension of the Romans (Considérations sur les causes de la
grandeur des Romains et de leur décadence)
1748 The Spirit of Laws (L'Esprit des lois)
1757 [draft] Essay on Taste (Essai sur le goût)
You can read the following works by Montesquieu online and for
free:
Persian Letters
The Spirit of Laws
Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans
and their Decline
CHARLES-LOUIS BARON DE MONTESQUIEU
Constitution Society
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MONTESQUIEU'S
BIO
1689 Birth at his
family's castle in La Brède
1700 - 1705 Collège de Juilly
1705 - 1708 University of Bordeaux
1709 Moves to Paris and practices law
1713 Back home because father died
1714 Works for the Bordeaux Parliament
1716 Uncle dies and Charles-Louis becomes Baron de Montesquieu
1722 Back to Paris
1728 Académie Française
1728 - 1731 travels Austria, Hungary, Italy, Germany,
Holland, England
1730 Royal Society in London
1731 Free Mason
1755 Death in Paris
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