▁His ▁materials ▁were ▁drawn ▁from ▁his ▁rich ▁library , ▁which ▁he ▁established ▁in ▁the ▁R ue ▁des ▁Po ite v ins ▁in ▁the ▁year ▁ 1 5 8 7 , ▁with ▁the ▁two ▁brothers , ▁Pierre ▁and ▁Jacques ▁Dup uy , ▁as ▁li br ari ans . ▁His ▁object ▁was ▁to ▁produce ▁a ▁scientific ▁and ▁un bi ased ▁work , ▁and ▁for ▁this ▁reason ▁he ▁wrote ▁it ▁in ▁Latin , ▁giving ▁it ▁as ▁title ▁Historia ▁su i ▁tempor is . ▁The ▁first ▁ 1 8 ▁books , ▁emb rac ing ▁the ▁period ▁from ▁ 1 5 4 5 – 1 5 6 0 , ▁appeared ▁in ▁ 1 6 0 4 ▁( 1 ▁vol . ▁fol io ), ▁and ▁the ▁work ▁was ▁at ▁once ▁attacked ▁by ▁those ▁whom ▁the ▁author ▁himself ▁calls ▁les ▁env ieux ▁et ▁les ▁fact ieux . ▁ ▁The ▁second ▁part , ▁dealing ▁with ▁the ▁first ▁wars ▁of ▁religion ▁( 1 5 6 0 – 1 5 7 2 ) ▁including ▁the ▁St . ▁Bar th ol ome w ' s ▁Day ▁mass acre , ▁was ▁put ▁on ▁the ▁Index ▁Lib ror um ▁Pro hib itor um ▁( 9 ▁November ▁ 1 6 0 9 ). ▁The ▁third ▁part ▁( up ▁to ▁ 1 5 7 4 ), ▁and ▁the ▁fourth ▁( up ▁to ▁ 1 5 8 4 ), ▁which ▁appeared ▁in ▁ 1 6 0 7 ▁and ▁ 1 6 0 8 , ▁caused ▁a ▁similar ▁out c ry , ▁in ▁spite ▁of ▁de ▁Th ou ' s