Everything you need to understand or teach Complete Works by Michel de Montaigne.
This is a translation of the works of one of the world's most well respected Frenchman. He lived during the waning era of feudalism on the European Continent. He has compiled a number of essays ranging in length from that of an entire book to far shorter ones, more along the lines of a brief essay. The shorter ones heavily outnumber the longer ones. There is one work, the Apology of...
Complete Works: Essays, Travel Journal, Letters Lesson Plans contain 112 pages of teaching material, including: