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Louis Maimbourg ( la, Ludovicus Mamburgus; January 10, 1610, Nancy – August 13, 1686,

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) was a French

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and historian.

Biography

Born at Nancy, Maimbourg entered the Society of Jesus at the age of sixteen, and after studying at

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became a classical master in the Jesuit college at

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. He afterwards devoted himself to preaching, but with only moderate success. After having taken some part in minor controversies he threw himself with energy into the dispute which had arisen as to the

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; for his ''Traité historique de l'établissement et des prérogatives de l'Eglise de Rome et de ses évêques'' (1682) he was by command of

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expelled from the Society, but rewarded by

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with a residence at the abbey of St Victor,

, and a pension.

Works

His numerous works include histories of

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, the

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controversy, the

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, and of the pontificates of

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and Gregory I. These works are compilations, written in a very lively and attractive style, but noted for their inaccuracies.'''' His work on the Crusades, ''Histoire des Croisades pour la délivrance de la Terre Sainte'' (1675), was a populist and royalist history of the Crusades from 1195 to 1220, and is regarded as the first use of the term "crusade". It was translated into English in 1684 by historian

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.'' Nalson, John (1684). Translated from Maimbourg's "Histoire des Croisades pour la délivrance de la Terre Sainte".
The History of the Crusade, or the Expeditions of the Christian Princes, for the Conquest of the Holy Land
.''

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References

External links

''The History of the League''
1684 by Louis Maimbourg, translated by

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''The History of Arianism'' translated (1728)
Vol 1
''The History of Arianism'' translated (1728)
Vol2

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maimbourg, Louis 17th-century French historians Historians of the Crusades 17th-century French Jesuits Clergy from Nancy, France 1610 births 1686 deaths French male non-fiction writers Writers from Nancy, France