The Journal of Montaigne's Travels in Italy by Way of Switzerland and Germany in 1580 and 1581, Vol. 2 of 3 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Journal of Montaigne's Travels in Italy by Way of Switzerland and Germany in 1580 and 1581, Vol. 2 of 3 (Classic Reprint) written by Michel Montaigne and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Journal of Montaigne's Travels in Italy by Way of Switzerland and Germany in 1580 and 1581, Vol. 2 of 3 They chattered in the very choir of the church, standing with their hats on, and turning their backs to the altar, and recking naught of the office except at the time of elevation. There were an organ and violins, which gave musical accompaniment to the mass. We visited other churches, but saw nothing noteworthy, either in the ornaments or in the beauty of the women present. Amongst others we went to the church of Saint George, where the Germans have left divers marks of their presence and several coats-of-arms, together with an inscription relating how certain German noblemen in the train of the Emperor Maximilian, what time he came to take Verona from the Venetians, placed a certain piece of work over one of the altars. M. de Montaigne remarked that the government here preserved the memory of its reverses, as it also preserved in their integrity the beautiful tombs of the ill-starred Scaligers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.