Louis Moréri
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Louis Moréri was a French encyclopaedist known for his Dictionnaire universel. He intended for his encyclopedia to defend the teachings and policies of the Roman Catholic Church. This approach contrasted with other encyclopedias of his time, such as those by Antoine Furetière and Pierre Bayle, which represented a more philosophical and anticlerical stance. Moréri's work was part of a tradition of encyclopedias that sometimes had specific purposes or biases, unlike the more objective approach seen in Roman encyclopedias or later works aiming for broader impartiality.12
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encyclopaediaRevision and updatingLouis Moréri set an example in his rapid incorporation of new information in each succeeding issue of his widely used Grand Dictionnaire historique (1674; “The Great Historical Dictionary”). When the German publisher Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus first issued his great encyclopaedia, he was forced by an…
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Louis Moréri made no secret of his intention to produce an encyclopaedia that would defend the teaching and policies of the Roman Catholic Church. Antoine Furetière and Pierre Bayle, on the other hand, represented the philosophers, and their anticlerical bias was more in tune with…
Read MoreLouis Moréri made no secret of his intention to produce an encyclopaedia that would defend the teaching and policies of the Roman Catholic Church. Antoine Furetière and Pierre Bayle, on the other hand, represented the philosophers, and their anticlerical bias was more in tune with…
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