Guizot

[ gee-zoh ]

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Fran·çois Pierre Guil·laume [f, r, ah, n, -, swa, pye, r, gee-, yohm], 1787–1874, French historian and statesman.

Guizot

/ ɡizo /

GuizotFrançois Pierre Guillaume17871874MFrenchPOLITICS: statesmanHISTORY: historian François Pierre Guillaume (frɑ̃swa pjɛr ɡijom). 1787–1874, French statesman and historian. As chief minister (1840–48), his reactionary policies contributed to the outbreak of the revolution of 1848

M. Guizot, the chief minister of the king, was as little candid as his master.

The singular dishonesty of M. Guizot and his master startled the politicians of Europe.

Guizot recommended French history, “the history of chivalry,” to painters, as the first and most important source of inspiration.

The editor has translated almost all the notes of M. Guizot.

Prime Minister Guizot declined to enter into any of the radical schemes for reform.

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