Dictionnaire Historique et Critique

The Dictionnaire Historique et Critique (English: Historical and Critical Dictionary) is a biographical dictionary written by Pierre Bayle (1647–1706), a Huguenot who lived and published in Holland after fleeing his native France due to religious persecution. The dictionary was first published in 1697 ( two volumes, each with two parts, as four physical books: A-B; C-G; H-O; P-Z), and enlarged in the second edition of 1702 (three volumes: A-D; E-M; N-Z). An English translation was first published in 1709. The overwhelming majority of the entries are devoted to individual people, whether historical or mythical, but some articles treat religious beliefs and philosophies. Many of the more controversial ideas in the book were hidden away in the voluminous footnotes, or they were slipped into a

Dictionnaire Historique et Critique

The Dictionnaire Historique et Critique (English: Historical and Critical Dictionary) is a biographical dictionary written by Pierre Bayle (1647–1706), a Huguenot who lived and published in Holland after fleeing his native France due to religious persecution. The dictionary was first published in 1697 ( two volumes, each with two parts, as four physical books: A-B; C-G; H-O; P-Z), and enlarged in the second edition of 1702 (three volumes: A-D; E-M; N-Z). An English translation was first published in 1709. The overwhelming majority of the entries are devoted to individual people, whether historical or mythical, but some articles treat religious beliefs and philosophies. Many of the more controversial ideas in the book were hidden away in the voluminous footnotes, or they were slipped into a