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Montesquieu 1689-1755

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Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755)

Detail from portrait by unknown artist, 18th century

© Réunion des musées nationaux



Montesquieu was in full Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu. He was French and a political philosopher. And the man had style.

Montesquieu became very famous for his political work The Spirit of Laws.

 

Montesquieu's Family

Charles-Louis was the 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 smart woman.

 

Montesquieu, 1689 - 1755
Montesquieu
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Montesquieu's Money

Charles-Louis's family was financially quite comfortable. But the real breakthrough came for Charles-Louis when his uncle, the Baron de Montesquieu, died. His inheritance meant wealth and a job in the Bordeaux parliament.

 

Montesquieu's Writings

1721 Persian Letters (Lettres persanes)

1734 La Monarchie universelle

1734
Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline (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)




 


Montesquieu
CHARLES-LOUIS BARON DE MONTESQUIEU
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Montesquieu's Short Biography

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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