Index
This is an index of people and places found in the Essays. The list is still incomplete but new entries are added regularly.
People
- A
- L. Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus • Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus
- M. Aemilius Lepidus • Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
- Agesilaus
- Alexander • Alexander the Great; Alexander III of Macedon
- Alexander of Pherae
- Alviano, Bartolomeo d’
- Andoins, Diane d’ • Corisande
- Antigonus I Monophthalmus
- Aquinas, Thomas
- Archidamus III
- Aretino, Pietro
- Aristippus
- Aristotle
- Atahualpa
- Augustine of Hippo • Saint Augustine
- Augustus • Octavian
- B
- Bion of Borysthenes
- Boccaccio, Giovanni
- Borromeo, Charles
- Brutus • Marcus Junius Brutus
- Burghersh, Bartholomew
- C
- Caligula
- Cambyses II
- Cassius Severus
- Cato the Elder • Marcus Porcius Cato; Cato the Censor
- Chabrias
- Charles III of Bourbon
- Charles IV of Bohemia • Charles of Luxembourg
- Charles V • Charles V of France
- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
- Charles IX • Charles IX of France
- Charondas
- Chrysippus
- Cicero • Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Cleomenes
- Commines, Philippe de
- Conrad III • Conrad III of Germany
- Copernicus, Nicolaus
- Coras, Jean de • Jean de Corras; Corasius
- Cortés, Hernán • Hernando Cortés
- Croesus
- Croÿ, Adriaan van
- Cyrus
- D
- Darius I
- Demades
- Diagoras of Melos
- Diobono, Pompeo • Pompée
- Diodorus the Dialectician
- Diomedon
- Dionysius the Elder
- Dionysius the Younger
- Du Guesclin, Bertrand
- E
- Edward I • Edward I of England
- Edward III • Edward III of England
- Edward of Woodstock • Edward the Black Prince
- Egmond, Floris van
- Eleanor of Aquitaine • Aliénor d’Aquitaine
- Epaminondas
- Epicurus
- Epirus
- Erasmus
- Eumenes
- Eyquem, Arnaud • Arnaud de Saint-Martin; Montaigne’s third brother
- Eyquem, Bertrand • Bertrand de Mattecoulon; Montaigne’s fourth brother
- Eyquem, Thomas • Thomas d’Arsac; Montaigne’s first brother
- Eyquem, Pierre (uncle) • Pierre de Gaujac; Montaigne’s second paternal uncle
- Eyquem, Pierre (brother) • Pierre de La Brousse; Montaigne’s second brother
- Eyquem, Pierre (father) • Pierre de Montaigne; Montaigne’s father
- Eyquem, Raymond • Raymond de Bussaguet; Montaigne’s third paternal uncle
- F
- Ferdinand I
- Fioravanti, Leonardo
- Francis I • Francis I of France
- Francis II • Francis II of France
- Francis of Assisi • Saint Francis
- Fulk III
- G
- Gournay, Marie de
- Guerre, Martin
- Guicciardini, Francesco
- H
- Hadrian
- Hannibal
- Henry II • Henry II of France
- Henry III • Henry III of France
- Henry III of Nassau-Breda
- Henry VII • Henry VII of England
- Herodotus
- Hieronymus of Rhodes
- Homer
- I
- Idanthyrsus
- Iphicrates
- Iphigenia
- J
- Jesus
- Joachim of Fiore
- John of Hungary
- John II, Duke of Brittany
- John II of France
- John II of Portugal
- Julian
- Julius Caesar
- D. Junius Brutus Albinus • Decimus Brutus
- L
- L’Hospital, Michel de
- La Boétie, Étienne de
- La Chassaigne, Françoise de • Montaigne’s wife
- Leo VI the Wise
- P. Licinius Crassus Dives • Licinius Crassus; Publius Crassus
- Lipsius, Justus
- Livy
- Louis IX • Louis IX of France; Saint Louis
- Louis XI
- Luther, Martin
- Lyco of Troas
- Lycurgus
- Lycurgus of Athens
- Lysimachus
- M
- Machiavelli, Niccolò
- Mamertines
- Manuel I of Portugal
- Margaret of Valois • “La Reine Margot”
- Marguerite de Navarre • Marguerite of Angoulême; Margaret of Navarre
- Mark Antony • Marcus Antonius
- Mary, Queen of Scots • Mary Stuart; Mary I of Scotland
- Maximilian I
- Medes
- Medici, Catherine de’ • Henry II of France’s wife; mother of Charles IX, Henry III, and Margaret of Valois
- Medici, Lorenzo de’ • Duke of Urbino; Catherine de’ Medici’s father
- Metellus Scipio
- Montaigne, Léonor de • Montaigne’s daughter
- Montaigne, Michel de • Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
- Montmorency, Anne de • Grand Constable de Montmorency
- N
- Neptune
- Nero
- Nicias
- Niobe
- O
- Osório, Jerónimo
- P
- Palvelo, Lodovico • Paluel
- Paracelsus
- Peletier, Jacques
- Pelopidas
- Perseus of Macedon
- Philip II of Spain
- Phocion
- Plantin, Christophe
- Plato
- Pliny the Elder • Gaius Plinius Secundus
- Pliny the Younger • Gaius Caecilius Cilo; Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus
- Plutarch
- Pollis
- Pompey • Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus; Pompey the Great
- Pope Clement V
- Pope Clement VII
- Pope Gregory XIII
- Pope Innocent IV
- Pope Julius II
- Pope Leo VIII
- Pope Leo X
- Posidonius
- Psamtik III • Psammetichus; Psammenitus
- Pyrrho
- Pyrrhus of Epirus
- Pythagoras
- Q
- P. Quinctilius Varus • Publius Quinctilius Varus
- R
- Rangoni, Guido
- Robert the Bruce
- S
- Sallust • Gaius Sallustius Crispus
- Scaevola • Gaius Mucius Scaevola
- Scipio Africanus • Scipio; Publius Cornelius Scipio
- Scipio Aemilianus • Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Aemilianus
- Sforza, Ludovico
- Skanderbeg • Gjergj Kastrioti
- Socrates
- Solon
- Sophocles
- Stewart, Bernard • Bérault Stuart; Bernard of Aubigny
- Stratonice • Stratonice of Syria
- Sulla
- T
- Tasso, Torquato
- Thales of Miletus
- Thalna
- Theodorus the Atheist
- Thomas de Foix-Lescun
- Tilh, Arnaud du
- Trivulzio, Teodoro
- Q. Tullius Cicero • Quintus Tullius Cicero
- Turnebus, Adrianus • Adrien Turnèbe
- V
- Vascosan, Michel de
- W
- Welf VI
- William X
- Wycliffe, John
- X
- Xanthos
- Xenophanes
- Xenophon
- Xerxes I
- Ž
- Žižka, Jan
Places
- A
- Africa
- Arginusae
- Athens
- Auvergne
- B
- Bohemia
- Brussels
- Buda
- C
- Cannae
- Castile
- China
- Corsica
- Cusco
- D
- Denmark
- E
- Egypt
- G
- Gaul
- Guyenne
- L
- Limoges
- Lyon
- M
- Macedon
- Marseille
- Mexico
- Milan
- Montaigne
- Mount Athos
- N
- Naxos
- P
- Paris
- Persia
- Peru
- Picardy
- Plataea
- Poland
- R
- Reggio Calabria
- Reggio Emilia
- Rouen
- S
- Spain
- Sparta
- Syracuse
- T
- Tenochtitlan
- Thrace
- Toulouse
- Trent
- V
- Venice
- Verona