François-Joseph Bérardier de Bataut explained

François-Joseph Bérardier de Bataut (Paris 1720 – Paris 1794) was a French teacher, writer and translator living in the Age of Enlightenment.

Biography

François-Joseph Bérardier de Bataut is born in Paris in 1720. Having studied theology, he became professor of rhetoric at the Collège du Plessis a part of the University of Paris. He is the author, notably, of a Précis de l'histoire universelle (Treaty of Universal History) which was very much appreciated by his contemporaries, and of the Essai sur le récit (Essay on Narrative), a fictional dialogue on how to tell good stories, as well as the translator of Melchior de Polignac's L'Anti-Lucrèce.

Works

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Biographical articles

Note that some biographical articles dating back to the beginning of the 19th century confuse François-Joseph Bérardier de Bataut and the abbot Denis Bérardier. The following list only indicates reliable sources.

Contemporary reviews of Bérardiers works

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