Philippe de Comines

Philippe de Comines (1443-1509) was a French chronicler, born at Comines. He was of Flemish origin. He served under Charles the Bold, then under Louis XI and Charles VIII. He was the author of "Memoires," in seven volumes of the reigns of these two monarchs, which give a clear and faithful picture of the time and the chief actors in it, but with the coolest indifference as to the moral elements at work, with him the end justifying the means, and success the measure of morality.

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