THE
CABINET OF BIOGRAPHY.
CONDUCTED BY THE
REV. DIONYSIUS LARDNER, LL.D. F.R.S. L. & E.
M.R.I.A. F.R.A.S. F.L.S. F.Z.S. Hon. F.C.P.S. &c. &c.
ASSISTED BY
EMINENT LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEN.
EMINENT
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEN
OF FRANCE.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR
LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS,
PATERNOSTER-ROW;
AND JOHN TAYLOR,
UPPER GOWER STREET.
1839.
CONTENTS
[TABLE, ANALYTICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL, TO THE FIRST VOLUME OF
LIVES OF EMINENT LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEN
OF FRANCE.]
[TABLE, ANALYTICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL, TO THE SECOND VOLUME OF
LIVES OF EMINENT LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEN
OF FRANCE.]
[VOLTAIRE]
[ROUSSEAU]
[CONDORCET]
[MIRABEAU]
[MADAME ROLAND]
[MADAME DE STAËL]
[INDEX]
[TABLE, ANALYTICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL, TO THE FIRST VOLUME OF
LIVES OF EMINENT LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEN
OF ITALY, SPAIN, AND PORTUGAL.]
[TABLE, ANALYTICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL, TO THE SECOND VOLUME OF
LIVES OF EMINENT LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEN
OF ITALY, SPAIN, AND PORTUGAL.]
[TABLE, ANALYTICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL, TO THE THIRD VOLUME OF
LIVES OF EMINENT LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEN
OF ITALY, SPAIN, AND PORTUGAL.]
[INDEX]
The Analytical and Chronological Tables and Index to the Series of Lives of Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal, are given at the end of this volume.
[TABLE,
ANALYTICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL,
TO THE FIRST VOLUME OF
LIVES OF
EMINENT LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEN
OF FRANCE.]
MONTAIGNE.
1533-1592
A. D.
PAGE
Birth of Michel de Montaigne
1533.
Pierre Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne
Education of Montaigne and his five Brothers
The Public School of Guienne
Ætat 26. Friendship with Etienne de la Boétie
1559.
Death of É. de la Boétie
1563.
Ætat 33. Marriage of Montaigne
1566.
Death of his father Pierre
Troubles of France
Duke of Guise
Henry King of Navarre, afterwards Henri Quatre
Anecdotes of the Civil War
Ætat. 47. Montaigne's Journey through Switzerland to Munich,
Venice, and Rome
1580.
Ætat. 48. Citizenship of Rome granted to Montaigne by a Bull
of the Pope
1581.
Description of Rome
Devotion of Montaigne, and Offering at the Shrine of Loretto
Montaigne elected Mayor by the Citizens of Bordeaux. His
return home to fill that Office
Ætat 52. Friendship of Montaigne for Mlle. Marie de Gournay
le Jars
1585.
Ætat. 60. Decease of this celebrated Author
His Character
1592.
Montaigne's Essays edited by Mlle. de Gournay, with a Preface
by that Lady
RABELAIS.
1483-1553.
Lord Bacon's Opinion of Rabelais
Style of his Romance in Writings
Presumed Date of Birth of Rabelais
1483.
His Education in a Monastery
Rabelais assumes the Franciscan Habit, and preaches
Envy of Monks
His Condemnation to Bread and Water
On his Release he turns to the Rule of Benedict
Rabelais quits the Monks, and studies Medicine
His Edition of Hippocrates
His Visit to Cardinal du Bellay
His scarlet Gown
Established as Physician at Lyons
Rabelais' Journey to Rome
His Correspondence
Interview with Pope Paul III.
His Journey to Lyons and Paris
Rabelais, Abbot of St. Maur-des-Fosses, and Curé de Meudon
His celebrated Work, or Romance
Controversy resulting therefrom
Rome, attack on, by Rabelais
Francis I. protects him from the Sorbonne
Opinions of French Authors on Francis Rabelais
His Imitators enumerated
His various Works
His Acquirements in Languages and Science
Exemplary Conduct as a Minister of Religion
Ætat. 70. His Decease
Epitaphs for Rabelais
1553.
CORNEILLE.
1606-1684.
State of French Poetry and Literature
Birth of Corneille
1606.
Consequences of the Civil War in France
1590-1600.
Rise of the French Drama
Ætat. 23. Corneille writes "Mélite," a Comedy
1629.
Ætat. 28. His early Tragedies, &c.
1634.
Cardinal de Richelieu employs Corneille, Rotrou, Colletet,
Bois-Robert, and L'Étoile on his own Dramatic Works
Theatre of the Cardinal
Corneille retires to Rouen
1635.
His Amatory Poems
Ætat 29. His "Medea" acted
Corneille's Genius excited by the Study of Guillen do Castro
Unity, dramatic, considered as a Fetter on modern Talent
He composed the "Cid"
Unparalleled Success of this Drama
Critique of the "Cid" by the French Academy
1637.
Ætat. 33. Writes "Horace," a Tragedy
1639.
Ætat. 40. Corneille's Tragedy of "Rodogune"
1616.
Success of his "Œdipus"
Is elected of the French Academy
1642.
His Manners and Conversation
Thomas Corneille's Tragedies
Ætat. 62. Pierre Corneille and his Family established in Paris
1662.
Rivality of Corneille and Racine
Louis XIV.'s Court
Henrietta of England, Duchess of Orléans
Ætat. 79. Death of Pierre Corneille
1684.
Veneration for his Memory
Eloge by Racine
Account of his Sons and Daughter
ROCHEFOUCAULD.
1613-1680.
The Duke de la Rochefoucauld's Maxims
High Station of his House, and its ancient Power
Reign of Henry IV.
Reign of Louis XIII.
Cardinal de Richelieu represses the Ambition of the French
Nobles
Anne of Austria, Regent of France
1643.
Five Years of Peace and Tranquillity
Ætat. 29. The Prince de Marsillac (afterwards Duc de la
Rochefoucauld) returns to Paris
1642.
Battle of Rocroi gained by Condé over the Spaniards
1644.
Civil War in France
The Fronde
Barricades of Paris
De Retz, Cardinal, Coadjutor of the Archbishopric of Paris
Account of the Princes de Condé, de Conti, and their Sister the
Duchess de Longueville
Condé and his Brother imprisoned at Vincennes
1650.
Liberated by the Frondeurs
His Actions with Turenne
Is defeated by Turenne near Paris
Raises the Standard of Rebellion in Holland
Peace concluded between the Court and the Fronde
Louis XIV. assumes the Government of his Kingdom
War of the Fronde terminated, and the Party dissolved
1653.
Ætat. 40. Duke de la Rochefoucauld retires with his Family to
Danvilliers to recover from his Wounds
1653.
Recalled by Mazarin to Court
Literati in Paris in the Reign of Louis XIV.
Ætat. 67. Death of the Duke de la Rochefoucauld
1680.
Critique on his "Maxims"
Memoirs of the Regency of Anne of Austria, Widow of
Louis XIII.
MOLIÈRE.
1622-1673.
Distinguished Writers of the Age of Louis XIV.
Family of Poquelin
Birth of Jean Baptiste Poquelin, who assumed the Name of
Molière
1622.
His Studies at College
His Fellow-Students under Gassendi
Ætat. 19. Attends on Louis XIII. as Royal Valet-de-Chambre
1641.
Execution of Cinq-Mars
Cardinal de Richelieu's Plays, and Encouragement of Actors
Ætat. 21. Molière studies the Law
1643.
Molière's taking the Stage for his Profession offensive to his
Relatives
His Theatrical Company
The Fronde and Civil War injurious to the Theatre