Every Historian Of The Valois Period Is Indebted To Brantôme For
Preserving The Atmosphere And Detail Of The Brilliant Life In Which He
Moved As A Dashing Courtier, A Military Adventurer, And A Gallant
Gentleman Of High Degree. He Was Not A Professional Scribe, Nor A
Student; But He Took Notes Unconsciously, And In The Evening Of His Life
Turned Back The Pages Of His Memory To Record The Scenes Through Which
He Had Passed And The Characters Which He Had Known.