Annals of the Empire

Annals of the Empire (Annales de l’Empire) is a history of Germany written by the French philosopher and author Voltaire in 1753. It is largely compiled from previous work by German historians: Voltaire described his role as like an architect, assembling a building from individual pieces of masonry.^[1]

Quotation

The Annals are the source of Voltaire's much-quoted statement about the Holy Roman Empire:

"This agglomeration which was called, and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire is in no respect either holy, Roman or an empire."^[2]

References

↑ Aldridge, A. Owen (1975). Voltaire and the Century of Light. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 213.
↑ Ayer, A.J. (1986). Voltaire. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. p. 96. ISBN 0297788809.

External links

French Wikisource has original text related to this article:

French text of Annales de l’Empire

Works by Voltaire

Prose	Letters on the English Elements of the Philosophy of Newton Zadig The Age of Louis XIV Micromégas Annals of the Empire Plato's Dream Doctor Akakia Essai sur les mœurs et l'esprit des nations Candide Treatise on Tolerance Dictionnaire philosophique Commentaires sur Corneille Idées républicaines Questions sur les Miracles L'Ingénu Précis du siècle de Louis XV Des singularités de la nature The Man of Forty Crowns The White Bull

Poetry	Henriade Le Mondain Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne Épître à l'Auteur du Livre des Trois Imposteurs The Maid of Orleans

Drama	Oedipus Hérode et Mariamne Zaïre La Prude Socrates Mahomet La princesse de Navarre Nanine L'Orphelin de la Chine

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