Essai sur les mœurs et l'esprit des nations

Essai sur les mœurs et l'esprit des nations ("Essay on the Customs and the Spirit of Nations") is a work by the French writer, historian, and philosopher Voltaire, published for the first time in 1756. It discusses the history of Europe before Charlemagne until the dawn of the age of Louis XIV, also addressing the colonies and the East. The 174-chapter work resulted from fifteen years of research by Voltaire at Cirey-sur-Blaise, Brussels, Paris, Lunéville, Prussia, Alsace and Geneva.

Essai sur les mœurs et l'esprit des nations

Essai sur les mœurs et l'esprit des nations ("Essay on the Customs and the Spirit of Nations") is a work by the French writer, historian, and philosopher Voltaire, published for the first time in 1756. It discusses the history of Europe before Charlemagne until the dawn of the age of Louis XIV, also addressing the colonies and the East. The 174-chapter work resulted from fifteen years of research by Voltaire at Cirey-sur-Blaise, Brussels, Paris, Lunéville, Prussia, Alsace and Geneva.