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Jules Michelet

French historian who first coined the term Renaissance

Did you know?He was born in a former church that his father had converted into a printing shop during the French Revolution.

Jules Michelet (French:; 21 August 1798 – 9 February 1874) was a French historian and writer, best known for his multi-volume work Histoire de France (History of France), which chronicles the history of France from its earliest origins to the French Revolution.

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