The Life and Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Volumes 1 and 2
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The days are now past when students were content to take their history at second hand, and there is therefore the less reason to apologise for introducing to the reader, in an English dress, the letters of one who was an eyewitness and actor in some of the most important events in the sixteenth century. Several of the most striking passages in Robertson’s History of Charles V. are taken from Busbecq; De Thou has borrowed largely from his letters; and the pages of Gibbon, Coxe, Von Hammer, Ranke, Creasy, and Motley, testify to the value of information derived from this source. It must not, howe...
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- THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF OGIER GHISELIN DE BUSBECQ
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
- Errata.
- LIFE OF BUSBECQ.
- Introductory.
- Removal of the Rubbish.
- Bousbecque and its Seigneurs.
- George Ghiselin I., great uncle of the Ambassador.
- Gilles Ghiselin II., Grandfather of the Ambassador.
- Jeanne de la Clite and her son George Halluin.
- George Ghiselin II., father of the Ambassador.
- Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq.
- Busbecq at the Court of Vienna.
- Busbecq in France.
- Busbecq’s Death.
- LETTER I.
- LETTER II.
- LETTER III.
- LETTER IV.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF OGIER GHISELIN DE BUSBECQ
- CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
- Book I. LETTERS TO MAXIMILIAN.
- LETTER I.
- LETTER II.
- LETTER III.
- LETTER IV.
- LETTER V.
- LETTER VI.
- LETTER VII.
- LETTER VIII.
- LETTER IX.
- LETTER X.
- LETTER XI.
- LETTER XII.
- LETTER XIII.
- LETTER XIV.
- LETTER XV.
- LETTER XVI.
- LETTER XVII.
- LETTER XVIII.
- LETTER XIX.
- LETTER XX.
- LETTER XXI.
- LETTER XXII.
- LETTER XXIII.
- LETTER XXIV.
- LETTER XXV.
- LETTER XXVI.
- LETTER XXVII.
- LETTER XXVIII.
- LETTER XXIX.
- LETTER XXX.
- LETTER XXXI.
- LETTER XXXII.
- LETTER XXXIII.
- LETTER XXXIV.
- LETTER XXXV.
- LETTER XXXVI.
- LETTER XXXVII.
- Book II. LETTERS TO RODOLPH.
- LETTER I.
- LETTER II.
- LETTER III.
- LETTER IV.
- LETTER V.
- LETTER VI.
- LETTER VII.
- LETTER VIII.
- LETTER IX.
- LETTER X.
- LETTER XI.
- LETTER XII.
- LETTER XIII.
- LETTER XIV.
- LETTER XV.
- LETTER XVI.
- LETTER XVII.
- LETTER XVIII.
- LETTER XIX.
- LETTER XX.
- LETTER XXI.
- LETTER XXII.
- LETTER XXIII.
- LETTER XXIV.
- LETTER XXV.
- LETTER XXVI.
- LETTER XXVII.
- LETTER XXVIII.
- LETTER XXIX.
- LETTER XXX.
- LETTER XXXI.
- LETTER XXXII.
- LETTER XXXIII.
- LETTER XXXIV.
- LETTER XXXV.
- LETTER XXXVI.
- LETTER XXXVII.
- LETTER XXXVIII.
- LETTER XXXIX.
- LETTER XL.
- LETTER XLI.
- LETTER XLII.
- LETTER XLIII.
- LETTER XLIV.
- LETTER XLV.
- LETTER XLVI.
- LETTER XLVII.
- LETTER XLVIII.
- LETTER XLIX.
- LETTER L.
- LETTER LI.
- LETTER LII.
- LETTER LIII.
- LETTER LIV.
- LETTER LV.
- LETTER LVI.
- LETTER LVII.
- LETTER LVIII.
- APPENDIX. CONTENTS OF APPENDIX.
- I. SKETCH OF HUNGARIAN HISTORY DURING THE REIGN OF SOLYMAN.
- II. ITINERARIES.
- III. EDITIONS.
- IV. ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
- B. Patent of Knighthood of Ogier de Busbecq.
- C. Purchase Deed of the Seigneurie de Bousbecque.
- D. Copy of the Sauve-garde.
- E. Pardon of Daniel de Croix for the homicide of Charlot Desrumaulx.
- F. Pardon of Jehan Dael for the homicide of Guillibert du Mortier.
- FOOTNOTES:
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