Internet Resources

Société Internationale des Amis de Montaigne: Includes information on Montaigne’s life, the “sentences” in his library, the Bordeaux Copy of the Essais, a bibliography of recent scholarly publications about the Essais, as well as a comprehensive list of links to websites pertaining to Montaigne.

Bibliographie pour l'Agrégation des Lettres 2011, by Catherine Magnien: Extensive bibliography of studies pertaining to the Essais, and to Book I in particular.

Ebauche de Bibliographie sur le Livre III des Essais, par André Tournon: Extensive bibliography of studies pertaining to the Essais, and to Book III in particular (requires access to JSTOR)

Montaigne Studies (U. of Chicago): Includes a portrait gallery, an article on the reproduction of the Bordeaux copy, a complete transcription of the Villey-Saulnier edition of the Essais, with a selection of corresponding high-quality image files from the Bordeaux Copy.

Trismegiste-Michel de Montaigne: Complete transcription of the 1595 edition of the Essais.

Gallica: 20 different editions of the Essais and related works, available to download in .pdf files from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.

 Renaissance-France.org: Portail de la Renaissance Française-Michel de Montaigne: Listen to sound recordings of excerpts from a selection of essays.

Jean-Yves Pouilloux on Montaigne (on the "Philosophie" show on ARTE with Raphaël Enthoven, 22 Sept. 2013)