Keyword: La Barre affair

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The manuscript is a lettre en vers, opening with a poem of twenty lines that explores themes of Greek mythology, spirituality, religion, and Christianity. The author references the La Barre affair, involving François-Jean Lefebvre de La Barre and Sir Morival, as well as the violence inflicted by Christians in the name of the Virgin Mary. The text also critiques the political system of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, specifically the use of the liberum veto. According to T. D. N. Besterman, the folios are numbered 40–41.

Repository: National Library of Russia
CMV: cmv36688