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LUDOVIC See also: born in See also: Paris on the 18th of See also: October 1802
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He was educated at the 1 cote Normale
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His politics were liberal, and he was a member of the society " Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera." On the See also: triumph of liberal principles in 183o Guizot created an office especially for See also: Vitet, who became inspector-general of See also: historical monuments
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In 1834 he entered the Chamber of Deputies, and two years later was made a member of the Council of See also: State
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He was consistent in his monarchist principles, and abstained from taking any See also: part in politics during the second See also: empire
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The disasters of 187o-71 reawakened Vitet's See also: interest in public affairs, and he published in the Revue See also: des deux mondes his optimistic " Lettres sur le siege de Paris." He died in 1873
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Vitet was the author of some valuable See also: works on the See also: history of See also: art, and his Monographic de l'Eglise Notre See also: Dame de See also: Noyon (1845) especially did much to awaken popular interest in architecture
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In the early days of the Romantic See also: movement he wrote some vivid dramatic sketches of the See also: time of the See also: League
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They are: See also: Les Barricades, scenes historiques (1826), Les Etats de See also: Blois, scenes (1827), and La Mort de See also: Henri III
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(1829), all three being published together in 1844 with the title of La Ligue
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The best of these is the Etats de Blois, in which the See also: murder of the duke of See also: Guise is described in the most convincing manner
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