Philippe de Commines
Writer and diplomat (1447-1511) · Writers · Died at 64
Philippe de Commines was a writer and diplomat in the courts of Burgundy and France. He has been called "the first truly modern writer" and "the first critical and philosophical historian since classical times".
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Neither a chronicler nor a historian in the usual sense of the word, his analyses of the contemporary political scene are what made him virtually unique in his own time.
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Deceased
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Lived 1447 to 1511 · aged 64
