Original artwork, not a still
L'Ingénu, ch.10 · 1767
Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
History, the speaker claims, is just a picture of crimes and misfortunes. It's a bleak view that reduces the past to a display of wrongdoing and bad luck, presenting that as the whole story rather than one part of it.
Context reviewed
