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Confession catholique du sieur de Sancy

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  • Aubigné, detail of an oil painting by Bartholomaus Sarburgh, 1622; in the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel, Switz.
    In Théodore-Agrippa d’ Aubigné

    Among Aubigné’s prose works, the Confession catholique du sieur de Sancy, first published in 1660, is a parody, ironically dedicated to Cardinal Duperron, of the tortuous explanations offered by Protestants who followed Henry IV’s example of abjuration. His comment on life and manners ranges more widely in the Adventures du…

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