1533. Birth of Michel de Montaigne 1
Pierre Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne 1
Education of Montaigne and his five Brothers 2
The Public School of Guienne 5
1559. Ætat 26. Friendship with Etienne de la Boétie 7
1563. Death of É. de la Boétie 9
1566. Ætat 33. Marriage of Montaigne 9
Death of his father Pierre 10, 11
Troubles of France 10
Duke of Guise 11
Henry King of Navarre, afterwards Henri Quatre 11
Anecdotes of the Civil War 13, 14
1580. Ætat. 47. Montaigne's Journey through Switzerland to Munich,
Venice, and Rome 17
1581. Ætat. 48. Citizenship of Rome granted to Montaigne by a Bull
of the Pope 18
Description of Rome 18
Devotion of Montaigne, and Offering at the Shrine of Loretto 19
Montaigne elected Mayor by the Citizens of Bordeaux. His
return home to fill that Office 19
1585. Ætat 52. Friendship of Montaigne for Mlle. Marie de Gournay
le Jars 20
1592. Ætat. 60. Decease of this celebrated Author 21
His Character 21
Montaigne's Essays edited by Mlle. de Gournay, with a Preface
by that Lady 21