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Essays

work by Michel de Montaigne
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Essays
Michel de Montaigne († 1592) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Essays

Summary

Essays is a literary work[1]. Essays ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (576 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Essays authored Michel de Montaigne[3].
  • Essays's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Essays's genre is autobiography[5].
  • Essays's genre is essay[6].
  • Essays is part of Index Librorum Prohibitorum[7].
  • Essays's Commons category is recorded as Essays (Montaigne)[8].
  • Essays's language of work or name is recorded as Middle French[9].
  • Essays's has edition or translation is recorded as Q85919998[10].
  • Essays's has edition or translation is recorded as Q116790752[11].
  • Essays's has edition or translation is recorded as Q116790760[12].
  • Essays's has edition or translation is recorded as Q116802434[13].
  • Essays's has edition or translation is recorded as Q116802534[14].
  • Essays's has edition or translation is recorded as Q122829942[15].
  • Essays's has edition or translation is recorded as Q124051465[16].
  • Essays's has edition or translation is recorded as Q134604080[17].
  • Essays's has edition or translation is recorded as Q138507394[18].
  • Essays's work available at URL is recorded as https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/montaign/essay/essay.html[19].
  • Essays's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Essais'}[20].
  • Essays dates from the Renaissance[21].
  • Essays's copyright status is recorded as public domain[22].
  • Essays's copyright status is recorded as public domain[23].

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Authorship and Creation

Essays authored Michel de Montaigne[3].

Publication

Essays's language of work or name is recorded as Middle French[9]. Genres include autobiography[5] and essay[6]. Essays is part of Index Librorum Prohibitorum[7].

Material and Period

Essays dates from the Renaissance[21].

Why It Matters

Essays ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (576 views/month).[2] Essays has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Essays is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

literary work Michel de Montaigne public domain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  17. [19] ↑ . projekt-gutenberg.org. projekt-gutenberg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wolnelektury.pl. wolnelektury.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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