The second volume of a collected life and letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, a sixteenth-century imperial ambassador and humanist. It presents his correspondence, including letters from France and letters to Maximilian, alongside editorial notes. Listeners interested in Renaissance diplomacy, court life, and early modern Europe will find it a rich historical source.
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OGIER GHISELIN
DE BUSBECQ
VOL. II.
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CROSS OF BOUSBECQUE.
THIRTEENTH CENTURY.
THE
LIFE AND LETTERS
OF
OGIER GHISELIN DE BUSBECQ
SEIGNEUR OF BOUSBECQUE
KNIGHT, IMPERIAL AMBASSADOR
BY
CHARLES THORNTON FORSTER, M.A.
Late Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge: Vicar of Hinxton
AND
F. H. BLACKBURNE DANIELL, M.A.
Late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge: Barrister-at-Law
Πολλῶν ἀνθρώπων ἴδεν ἄστεα καὶ νόον ἔγνω
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. II.
LONDON
C. KEGAN PAUL & CO., 1 PATERNOSTER SQUARE
1881
CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND VOLUME.
PAGE
LŧǵǵŧǡǪ żǡLjƽ Fǡĵƿŕŧ ǵLj MĵΎƗƽƗƯƗĵƿ—I.-XXXVII.
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RLjŠLjƯǙƒ—I.-LVIII.
141
AǙǙŧƿŠƗΎ
265
IƿŠŧΎ
311
LETTERS FROM FRANCE.
BLjLjƫ I.
LETTERS TO MAXIMILIAN.
In illustrating Busbecq’s letters from France reference is frequently made to contemporary writers, and it may be useful to the reader to have some idea of their different characters, and positions, and of the historical value of their statements.
(1). J. A. de Thou, the historian, son of Christopher de Thou, President of the
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