Nicolas Amelot of Houssaye

Nicolas Amelot of Houssaye (Orleans 1634 - Paris 1706) was a French historian.

The details of the life of Amelot are little known out of the fact that it was named in 1669 embassy secretary to Venice.

In its History of gouvernemant of Venice , he undertook to explain, and above all to criticize, the administration of this republic, and to expose the causes of his decline. The work appeared in March 1676 and, not seeming to be disapproved by the royal capacity, caused made indignant protests of the Venetian ambassador, Giustiniani. The author was sent to the Bastille, where there remained only six months.

One second edition, with supplements, published immediately after, renewed these protests, and the edition was prohibited. This persecution made an extraordinary publicity with this work which known twenty-two editions in three years, and many translations.

Amelot also published in 1683 a translation of the Histoire of the council of Thirty of FRA Paolo Sarpi, in which he added certain notes which strongly displeased to the partisans absolute authority of the Pape.

Under the pseudonym of La Motte Josseval , Amelot published a Political discourse on Tacit , in which it analyzed the character of Tibère.

It moreover composed a Histoire of Guillaume de Nassau , published in 1754, and left historical Mémoires , which had the reputation to be prickles, but not very exact.

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