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Preferred term

Quarrel of the Ancients and Moderns  

Definition

  • Debate which erupted in literary circles, 17th c. France, over the challenge by the "Moderns" to the supreme authority of antique traditions espoused by the "Ancients"

Entry terms

  • Ancients and Moderns, Quarrel of the

Notation

  • 118265

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-ZQQ5PRXX-D

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