Samuel Chappuzeau
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Samuel Chappuzeau was a French
scholar, author
, poet
and playwright
whose best-known work today is Le Théâtre François
, a description of French Theatre in the 17th century.
Samuel’s play Le Cercle des Femmes is widely regarded as one of the main sources of Molière’s
masterpiece Les Précieuses Ridicules, and his influence in general on the "Golden Age of French Drama" has in the past been seriously underestimated. He is credited with a number of 'firsts' including being the first writer to introduce satire to French farce, and the first to set a play in China.
Later, he wrote down Tavernier's
famous travel guides from notes and dictation, though this task seems to have been forced upon him, much against his will, by the King (Louis XIV).
Samuel also wrote sermons, odes, dictionaries, and geographical books, and was still working his Nouveau Dictionaire (see publications below) almost up to his death.
, where his grandfather François was a 'procureur' and owned hemp fields and a vinyard, Samuel was born in Paris
, where his father Charles was a lawyer and member of the Noblesse de Robe. The youngest of six, or possibly seven, children, he was educated in the Calvinist school in Châtillon-sur-Loing (Now known as Châtillon-Coligny) and in Geneva
. In 1643, he went to Montauban
to study Theology
.
After a period in which he accompanied a young nobleman (whose name we do not know) in journeys to Scotland
and England
, he travelled to the Netherlands
in 1648 and spent some time in the Hague
, where he numbered amongst his friends some of the leading scholars of the day, such as Comenius
, Claude Saumaise and Constantijn Huygens
.
He then spent two years as private secretary of Countess Amalie Elizabeth von Hessen-Kassel, who was a granddaughter of William I of Orange-Nassau, (also known as William the Silent
). After her death in 1651, and the consequent loss of his post, he decided that his future was as an author. He had published his first novel Ladice in 1650, and a number of books and plays followed during the 1650s. Working for a time as a proof-reader in Lyon
no doubt left him with a good understanding of the publishing business. Here, he also married his first wife, Maria de la Sarraz, whose ancestors include David le Boiteux, Principal of the College in Geneva. Their first child, Laurent, was born in Lyon before 1655.
In 1656 he returned to Amsterdam
to live, his second son Christophe was born, and in 1659, he was appointed tutor to the young Prince William III of Orange
, who later became King
of England
. During this happy period, two more children were born, and Samuel witnessed the festivities on the event of the Restoration of the English Monarchy. Unfortunately, this appointment came to an end after the death of Mary Stuart, Princess of Orange
, William's mother.
He then moved back to Charenton
, near Paris and set up a small school there. Also at this time, several of his plays were presented at Paris theatres, including one by Molière’s
troupe. However, he was soon caught up, through no fault of his own, in a controversy surrounding his friend, preacher Alexander Morus
and John Milton
, and had to leave Paris when parents removed their sons from his school. Around the same time, August 1662, his wife died soon after the birth of their 5th child, leaving him to remark "Un malheur vient rarement seul". He married again, and took refuge in Geneva
, his new wife's home town, where he was granted citizenship in 1666.
From here, he travelled throughout Europe collecting information for a series of geographical/political books, including Suite de L'Europe Vivante, which were published between 1667 and 1673. At the end of 1671, he was exiled from Geneva due to a remark made in one of his books, and for some years lived apart from his family in various places, including Lyon and Basle, and also in Paris where he worked on Tavernier's books from 1674 to 1676. It was during this period of exile that he wrote Le Théâtre François, the book for which he is best remembered.
In 1679, he was readmitted to Geneva, but in 1681, the French managed to halt work on his latest book, and 1682 he moved to Celle
, where he remained for the last 20 years of his life, as Head of Pages to George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
(Grandfather of George II of Great Britain
). During this period, he worked constantly on his encyclopedia (Nouveau Dictionaire, never published and now lost), corresponding with leading scholars throughout Europe, including Pierre Bayle
and Gottfried Leibniz
, who also visited him.
Samuel also contributed to other works, such as the 1689 supplement to Louis Moréri
's Grand dictionnaire historique, and a description of Hesse in a geographical book. (Le Grand Atlas Ou Cosmographie Blaviane, Vol 3, 111-114 Description exacte De La Hesse, par le Sr Chappuzeau)
The first two volumes were sent to the printers in 1698, but the work was never finished.
Samuel Chappuzeau (1625, Paris
- 1701) was a French
scholar, author
, poet
and playwright
whose best-known work today is Le Théâtre François
, a description of French Theatre in the 17th century.
Samuel’s play Le Cercle des Femmes is widely regarded as one of the main sources of Molière’s
masterpiece Les Précieuses Ridicules, and his influence in general on the "Golden Age of French Drama" has in the past been seriously underestimated. He is credited with a number of 'firsts' including being the first writer to introduce satire to French farce, and the first to set a play in China.
Later, he wrote down Tavernier's
famous travel guides from notes and dictation, though this task seems to have been forced upon him, much against his will, by the King (Louis XIV).
Samuel also wrote sermons, odes, dictionaries, and geographical books, and was still working his Nouveau Dictionaire (see publications below) almost up to his death.
, where his grandfather François was a 'procureur' and owned hemp fields and a vinyard, Samuel was born in Paris
, where his father Charles was a lawyer and member of the Noblesse de Robe. The youngest of six, or possibly seven, children, he was educated in the Calvinist school in Châtillon-sur-Loing (Now known as Châtillon-Coligny) and in Geneva
. In 1643, he went to Montauban
to study Theology
.
After a period in which he accompanied a young nobleman (whose name we do not know) in journeys to Scotland
and England
, he travelled to the Netherlands
in 1648 and spent some time in the Hague
, where he numbered amongst his friends some of the leading scholars of the day, such as Comenius
, Claude Saumaise and Constantijn Huygens
.
He then spent two years as private secretary of Countess Amalie Elizabeth von Hessen-Kassel, who was a granddaughter of William I of Orange-Nassau, (also known as William the Silent
). After her death in 1651, and the consequent loss of his post, he decided that his future was as an author. He had published his first novel Ladice in 1650, and a number of books and plays followed during the 1650s. Working for a time as a proof-reader in Lyon
no doubt left him with a good understanding of the publishing business. Here, he also married his first wife, Maria de la Sarraz, whose ancestors include David le Boiteux, Principal of the College in Geneva. Their first child, Laurent, was born in Lyon before 1655.
In 1656 he returned to Amsterdam
to live, his second son Christophe was born, and in 1659, he was appointed tutor to the young Prince William III of Orange
, who later became King
of England
. During this happy period, two more children were born, and Samuel witnessed the festivities on the event of the Restoration of the English Monarchy. Unfortunately, this appointment came to an end after the death of Mary Stuart, Princess of Orange
, William's mother.
He then moved back to Charenton
, near Paris and set up a small school there. Also at this time, several of his plays were presented at Paris theatres, including one by Molière’s
troupe. However, he was soon caught up, through no fault of his own, in a controversy surrounding his friend, preacher Alexander Morus
and John Milton
, and had to leave Paris when parents removed their sons from his school. Around the same time, August 1662, his wife died soon after the birth of their 5th child, leaving him to remark "Un malheur vient rarement seul". He married again, and took refuge in Geneva
, his new wife's home town, where he was granted citizenship in 1666.
From here, he travelled throughout Europe collecting information for a series of geographical/political books, including Suite de L'Europe Vivante, which were published between 1667 and 1673. At the end of 1671, he was exiled from Geneva due to a remark made in one of his books, and for some years lived apart from his family in various places, including Lyon and Basle, and also in Paris where he worked on Tavernier's books from 1674 to 1676. It was during this period of exile that he wrote Le Théâtre François, the book for which he is best remembered.
In 1679, he was readmitted to Geneva, but in 1681, the French managed to halt work on his latest book, and 1682 he moved to Celle
, where he remained for the last 20 years of his life, as Head of Pages to George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
(Grandfather of George II of Great Britain
). During this period, he worked constantly on his encyclopedia (Nouveau Dictionaire, never published and now lost), corresponding with leading scholars throughout Europe, including Pierre Bayle
and Gottfried Leibniz
, who also visited him.
Samuel also contributed to other works, such as the 1689 supplement to Louis Moréri
's Grand dictionnaire historique, and a description of Hesse in a geographical book. (Le Grand Atlas Ou Cosmographie Blaviane, Vol 3, 111-114 Description exacte De La Hesse, par le Sr Chappuzeau)
The first two volumes were sent to the printers in 1698, but the work was never finished.
Samuel Chappuzeau (1625, Paris
- 1701) was a French
scholar, author
, poet
and playwright
whose best-known work today is Le Théâtre François
, a description of French Theatre in the 17th century.
Samuel’s play Le Cercle des Femmes is widely regarded as one of the main sources of Molière’s
masterpiece Les Précieuses Ridicules, and his influence in general on the "Golden Age of French Drama" has in the past been seriously underestimated. He is credited with a number of 'firsts' including being the first writer to introduce satire to French farce, and the first to set a play in China.
Later, he wrote down Tavernier's
famous travel guides from notes and dictation, though this task seems to have been forced upon him, much against his will, by the King (Louis XIV).
Samuel also wrote sermons, odes, dictionaries, and geographical books, and was still working his Nouveau Dictionaire (see publications below) almost up to his death.
, where his grandfather François was a 'procureur' and owned hemp fields and a vinyard, Samuel was born in Paris
, where his father Charles was a lawyer and member of the Noblesse de Robe. The youngest of six, or possibly seven, children, he was educated in the Calvinist school in Châtillon-sur-Loing (Now known as Châtillon-Coligny) and in Geneva
. In 1643, he went to Montauban
to study Theology
.
After a period in which he accompanied a young nobleman (whose name we do not know) in journeys to Scotland
and England
, he travelled to the Netherlands
in 1648 and spent some time in the Hague
, where he numbered amongst his friends some of the leading scholars of the day, such as Comenius
, Claude Saumaise and Constantijn Huygens
.
He then spent two years as private secretary of Countess Amalie Elizabeth von Hessen-Kassel, who was a granddaughter of William I of Orange-Nassau, (also known as William the Silent
). After her death in 1651, and the consequent loss of his post, he decided that his future was as an author. He had published his first novel Ladice in 1650, and a number of books and plays followed during the 1650s. Working for a time as a proof-reader in Lyon
no doubt left him with a good understanding of the publishing business. Here, he also married his first wife, Maria de la Sarraz, whose ancestors include David le Boiteux, Principal of the College in Geneva. Their first child, Laurent, was born in Lyon before 1655.
In 1656 he returned to Amsterdam
to live, his second son Christophe was born, and in 1659, he was appointed tutor to the young Prince William III of Orange
, who later became King
of England
. During this happy period, two more children were born, and Samuel witnessed the festivities on the event of the Restoration of the English Monarchy. Unfortunately, this appointment came to an end after the death of Mary Stuart, Princess of Orange
, William's mother.
He then moved back to Charenton
, near Paris and set up a small school there. Also at this time, several of his plays were presented at Paris theatres, including one by Molière’s
troupe. However, he was soon caught up, through no fault of his own, in a controversy surrounding his friend, preacher Alexander Morus
and John Milton
, and had to leave Paris when parents removed their sons from his school. Around the same time, August 1662, his wife died soon after the birth of their 5th child, leaving him to remark "Un malheur vient rarement seul". He married again, and took refuge in Geneva
, his new wife's home town, where he was granted citizenship in 1666.
From here, he travelled throughout Europe collecting information for a series of geographical/political books, including Suite de L'Europe Vivante, which were published between 1667 and 1673. At the end of 1671, he was exiled from Geneva due to a remark made in one of his books, and for some years lived apart from his family in various places, including Lyon and Basle, and also in Paris where he worked on Tavernier's books from 1674 to 1676. It was during this period of exile that he wrote Le Théâtre François, the book for which he is best remembered.
In 1679, he was readmitted to Geneva, but in 1681, the French managed to halt work on his latest book, and 1682 he moved to Celle
, where he remained for the last 20 years of his life, as Head of Pages to George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
(Grandfather of George II of Great Britain
). During this period, he worked constantly on his encyclopedia (Nouveau Dictionaire, never published and now lost), corresponding with leading scholars throughout Europe, including Pierre Bayle
and Gottfried Leibniz
, who also visited him.
Samuel also contributed to other works, such as the 1689 supplement to Louis Moréri
's Grand dictionnaire historique, and a description of Hesse in a geographical book. (Le Grand Atlas Ou Cosmographie Blaviane, Vol 3, 111-114 Description exacte De La Hesse, par le Sr Chappuzeau)
The first two volumes were sent to the printers in 1698, but the work was never finished.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
scholar, author
Author
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, poet
Poet
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and playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
whose best-known work today is Le Théâtre François
Le Théâtre François
This book, in three volumes, by Samuel Chappuzeau is the main source of information on French Theatre in the 17th Century.Its full title is Le Théâtre françois divisé en trois Livres, où il est traité I. De L’Usage de la Comédie. II. Des Auteurs qui soutiennent le Theatre. III...
, a description of French Theatre in the 17th century.
Samuel’s play Le Cercle des Femmes is widely regarded as one of the main sources of Molière’s
Molière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature...
masterpiece Les Précieuses Ridicules, and his influence in general on the "Golden Age of French Drama" has in the past been seriously underestimated. He is credited with a number of 'firsts' including being the first writer to introduce satire to French farce, and the first to set a play in China.
Later, he wrote down Tavernier's
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier was a French traveller and pioneer of trade with India, and travels through Persia , most known for works in two quarto volumes, Les Six Voyages de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier and diamond merchant for some important diamonds of the century...
famous travel guides from notes and dictation, though this task seems to have been forced upon him, much against his will, by the King (Louis XIV).
Samuel also wrote sermons, odes, dictionaries, and geographical books, and was still working his Nouveau Dictionaire (see publications below) almost up to his death.
Biography
Though his family originated in PoitiersPoitiers
Poitiers is a city on the Clain river in west central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and of the Poitou-Charentes region. The centre is picturesque and its streets are interesting for predominant remains of historical architecture, especially from the Romanesque...
, where his grandfather François was a 'procureur' and owned hemp fields and a vinyard, Samuel was born in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, where his father Charles was a lawyer and member of the Noblesse de Robe. The youngest of six, or possibly seven, children, he was educated in the Calvinist school in Châtillon-sur-Loing (Now known as Châtillon-Coligny) and in Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
. In 1643, he went to Montauban
Montauban
Montauban is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France. It is the capital of the department and lies north of Toulouse....
to study Theology
Theology
Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
.
After a period in which he accompanied a young nobleman (whose name we do not know) in journeys to Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
and England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, he travelled to the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
in 1648 and spent some time in the Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
, where he numbered amongst his friends some of the leading scholars of the day, such as Comenius
Comenius
John Amos Comenius ; ; Latinized: Iohannes Amos Comenius) was a Czech teacher, educator, and writer. He served as the last bishop of Unity of the Brethren, and became a religious refugee and one of the earliest champions of universal education, a concept eventually set forth in his book Didactica...
, Claude Saumaise and Constantijn Huygens
Constantijn Huygens
Constantijn Huygens , was a Dutch Golden Age poet and composer. He was secretary to two Princes of Orange: Frederick Henry and William II, and the father of the scientist Christiaan Huygens.-Biography:...
.
He then spent two years as private secretary of Countess Amalie Elizabeth von Hessen-Kassel, who was a granddaughter of William I of Orange-Nassau, (also known as William the Silent
William the Silent
William I, Prince of Orange , also widely known as William the Silent , or simply William of Orange , was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. He was born in the House of...
). After her death in 1651, and the consequent loss of his post, he decided that his future was as an author. He had published his first novel Ladice in 1650, and a number of books and plays followed during the 1650s. Working for a time as a proof-reader in Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
no doubt left him with a good understanding of the publishing business. Here, he also married his first wife, Maria de la Sarraz, whose ancestors include David le Boiteux, Principal of the College in Geneva. Their first child, Laurent, was born in Lyon before 1655.
In 1656 he returned to Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
to live, his second son Christophe was born, and in 1659, he was appointed tutor to the young Prince William III of Orange
William III of England
William III & II was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland...
, who later became King
Monarch
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of England
England
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. During this happy period, two more children were born, and Samuel witnessed the festivities on the event of the Restoration of the English Monarchy. Unfortunately, this appointment came to an end after the death of Mary Stuart, Princess of Orange
Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
Mary, Princess Royal, Princess of Orange and Countess of Nassau was the eldest daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland and his queen, Henrietta Maria of France...
, William's mother.
He then moved back to Charenton
Charenton
-France:* Charenton-le-Pont, in the Val-de-Marne département, a commune which has a common border with Paris* Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, a neighboring commune that was called Charenton-Saint-Maurice until 1842** Charenton...
, near Paris and set up a small school there. Also at this time, several of his plays were presented at Paris theatres, including one by Molière’s
Molière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature...
troupe. However, he was soon caught up, through no fault of his own, in a controversy surrounding his friend, preacher Alexander Morus
Alexander Morus
Alexander Morus was a Franco-Scottish Calvinist preacher.-Biography:...
and John Milton
John Milton
John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, a scholarly man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell...
, and had to leave Paris when parents removed their sons from his school. Around the same time, August 1662, his wife died soon after the birth of their 5th child, leaving him to remark "Un malheur vient rarement seul". He married again, and took refuge in Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, his new wife's home town, where he was granted citizenship in 1666.
From here, he travelled throughout Europe collecting information for a series of geographical/political books, including Suite de L'Europe Vivante, which were published between 1667 and 1673. At the end of 1671, he was exiled from Geneva due to a remark made in one of his books, and for some years lived apart from his family in various places, including Lyon and Basle, and also in Paris where he worked on Tavernier's books from 1674 to 1676. It was during this period of exile that he wrote Le Théâtre François, the book for which he is best remembered.
In 1679, he was readmitted to Geneva, but in 1681, the French managed to halt work on his latest book, and 1682 he moved to Celle
Celle
Celle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...
, where he remained for the last 20 years of his life, as Head of Pages to George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
George William was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruled first over the Principality of Calenberg, a subdivision of the duchy, then over the Lüneburg subdivision. In 1689 he occupied the Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg....
(Grandfather of George II of Great Britain
George II of Great Britain
George II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Archtreasurer and Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death.George was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain. He was born and brought up in Northern Germany...
). During this period, he worked constantly on his encyclopedia (Nouveau Dictionaire, never published and now lost), corresponding with leading scholars throughout Europe, including Pierre Bayle
Pierre Bayle
Pierre Bayle was a French philosopher and writer best known for his seminal work the Historical and Critical Dictionary, published beginning in 1695....
and Gottfried Leibniz
Gottfried Leibniz
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a German philosopher and mathematician. He wrote in different languages, primarily in Latin , French and German ....
, who also visited him.
Publications and works
- Ladice ou les victoires du grand Tamerlan (novel) published anonymously ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1650 - Recueil de lettres. Recueil de poésies Manuscript of letters and poems, about 1650
- Sermon Prononce Devant Leurs Altesses de Hesse CasselKasselKassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
, 1650 - Lyon dans son lustre : discours divisé en deux parties LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, 1656 - Le Cercle des femmes ou le secret du lit nuptial 1656 (Play, Comedy) (See full scan at Gallica)
- Damon et Pythias, ou le Triomphe de l'Amour et de l'Amitié AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, 1657 - Chant nuptial, ou reprise des muses françoises, sur les pas des muses latines, à l'honneur du marriage de J. Raie et de C. de Lochorst 1658
- Armetzar ou les Amis ennemis, Leiden, 1658 (See full scan at Gallica)
- L'Inconstant vaincu, ou puni, (songs) 1660 (Anon, attributed but unlikely)
- Le Riche mécontent ou le noble imaginaire 1660 (Play)
- Ode à son altesse royale la princesse douairière d'Orange, sur son passage de Hollande en Angleterre. 1660
- L'Académie des Femmes, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1661 (Farce) (See full scan at Gallica) - Le Muse enjouée ou le théâtre comique (poems)
- Le Colin-Maillard (Farce, English version Blindmans Buff), ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1662 - Genève délivrée (1) , 1702 CelleCelleCelle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...
(Poem and songs) - Genève délivrée (2) , written 1662, published 1862 (Play)
- La Dame d'intrigue ou l'Avare dupé comédie adaptée de celle de Plaute et représentée en 1662
- Les entretiens familiers d'Erasme . Divisés en deux décades. Translated by S. Chappuzeau, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1662 - L'Avare dupé, ou l'Homme de paille, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1663 (Comedy)(See full scan at Gallica) - Erasme de Rotterdam : Colloques choisis. Translated from Latin by Samuel Chappuzeau ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1662 - Le Partisan dupé : LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, 1663 (Comedy) - Histoire des Joyaux, et des principales richesses de l'Orient & de l'Occident, Genève, 1665 (Book, English edition 1674)
- Entretiens familiers, pour l'instruction de la noblesse étrangère, Français, Allemand et Latin LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, Genève, 1665 - Stances sur les armes victorieuses de Monseigneur le duc d'Enguyen, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1665 (See full scan at Gallica) - Orbis physicus : h. e. utriusque sphaerae synopsis, in controversarium, quae hoc tempore agitari solent, latissimum campum brevissima et facili via deducens GenevaGenevaGeneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, 1665
- L'Europe vivante ou relation nouvelle historique et politique de tous ses États, GenevaGenevaGeneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
and ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1667 1669 1671 - Les Eaux de Pirmont, LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, 1669 - La Muse enjouée ou le théâtre comique, LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, about 1670 - L'Allemagne protestante : ou relation nouvelle d'un voyage aux cours des Électeurs et des Prince protestants de l'Empire en 1669, Genève, 1671 (Book)
- Entretiens familiers, pour l'instruction de la noblesse étrangère, Genève, 1671 ; AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
1675 (French-Dutch edition) (Book) - La Relation nouvelle de l'estat présent de la Cour de son Altesse Charles Emmanuel II, Duc de Savoye, 1671 (Book)
- Œuvres poétiques nouvelles du Sieur S C : qui contiennent diverses pièces de théâtre, suivies de plusiers sonnets, odes, élégies & épigrammes, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, Jean Girin et Barthelemy Rivière - Relation de l'estat present de la maison royale et de la cour de Savoye, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1673 (book) - L'Allemagne,ou Relation nouvelle de toutes les cours de l'Empire, recueillie en deux voyages que l'autheur y a faits en 1669 et 1672, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1673 (book) - Relation de l'estat present de la maison électorale et de la cour de Bavière, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1673 - Verses to the glory of the departed, Valentin ConrartValentin ConrartValentin Conrart was a French author, and as a founder of the Académie française, the first occupant of seat 2.-Biography:He was born in Paris of Calvinist parents, and was educated for business. However, after his father's death in 1620, he began to move in literary circles, and soon acquired a...
, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
1675 (No copy known) - Le Théâtre FrançoisLe Théâtre FrançoisThis book, in three volumes, by Samuel Chappuzeau is the main source of information on French Theatre in the 17th Century.Its full title is Le Théâtre françois divisé en trois Livres, où il est traité I. De L’Usage de la Comédie. II. Des Auteurs qui soutiennent le Theatre. III...
divisé en trois Livres, où il est traité I. De L’Usage de la Comédie. II. Des Auteurs qui soutiennent le Théâtre. III. De la Conduite des Comédiens, LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, Michel Mayer, 1674 (See full scan at Gallica) - Nouveau dictionnaire françois-aleman et aleman-françois qu’accompagne le latin, Basle, 1675
- Jetzlebenden Europa, ... (German version of L'Europe Vivante, 3 volumes), Frankfurt am Main 1675 (See scan of a title page)
- L'Orateur chrétien, ou Traité de l'excellence et de la pratique de la chaire, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1675 also listed as Maniere de bien Precher - Nouveau recueil de comédies : représentées en divers temps sur les théâtres de Paris, LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, 1677–1678 - Les Parfaits amis ou le Triomphe de l'amour et de l'amitié, LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, 1677 - Icones historicae Veteris et Novi Testamenti : Figures historiques du V. et du N. Testament GenevaGenevaGeneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, 1680 - Europe, Pastorale héroïque, ornée de musique, de dances, de machines, & de changemens de théâtre:... CelleCelleCelle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...
, 1689 (See full scan here) - Idée du Monde ou introduction facile et méthodique à la cosmographie et à l’histoire : divisée en trios parties, CelleCelleCelle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...
, 1690 (See scan of a title page frontispiece) - Les Privilèges du Cocuage (Cuckoldry). Anon, attributed, probably wrongly, to Samuel
- Les Frayeurs de Crispin (play). Anon, attributed, probably wrongly, to Samuel
Samuel also contributed to other works, such as the 1689 supplement to Louis Moréri
Louis Moréri
Louis Moréri was a French encyclopaedist.His encyclopaedia, Le grand Dictionaire historique, ou le mélange curieux de l'histoire sacrée et profane was first published in Lyon in 1674. The encyclopaedia focused particularly on historical and biographical articles...
's Grand dictionnaire historique, and a description of Hesse in a geographical book. (Le Grand Atlas Ou Cosmographie Blaviane, Vol 3, 111-114 Description exacte De La Hesse, par le Sr Chappuzeau)
Lost Works
- Translation into French of Hoffman's 'Lexicon Universalle', Widerhold, Geneva 1689
- Nouveau Dictionnaire historique, géographique, chronologique & philologique, proposal printed CelleCelleCelle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...
, 1694 (See scan of title page)
The first two volumes were sent to the printers in 1698, but the work was never finished.
Sources
- Samuel Chappuzeau 1625-1701, a dissertation by Friedrich Meinel, University of LeipzigUniversity of LeipzigThe University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities in the world and the second-oldest university in Germany...
, 1908 - H.K. Eggers, Das altfranzösische Geschlecht Chappuzeau, 1880, updated 1968
- Sabine Haake, "Samuel Chappuzeau (1625-1701) : Leben und Werk", Thesis, Munich, 1973
- Samuel Chappuzeau, "Le Théâtre françois" crit. ed. C. Gossip (Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag, 2009)
- Jeanne Leroy-Fournier, “Les Origines poitevines de l’écrivain protestant Samuel Chappuzeau”, Bulletin de la société des antiquaires de l’Ouest et des musées de Poitiers (1976), 13, ser. 4, pp. 121–132
External links
Samuel Chappuzeau (1625, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
- 1701) was a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
scholar, author
Author
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, poet
Poet
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and playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
whose best-known work today is Le Théâtre François
Le Théâtre François
This book, in three volumes, by Samuel Chappuzeau is the main source of information on French Theatre in the 17th Century.Its full title is Le Théâtre françois divisé en trois Livres, où il est traité I. De L’Usage de la Comédie. II. Des Auteurs qui soutiennent le Theatre. III...
, a description of French Theatre in the 17th century.
Samuel’s play Le Cercle des Femmes is widely regarded as one of the main sources of Molière’s
Molière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature...
masterpiece Les Précieuses Ridicules, and his influence in general on the "Golden Age of French Drama" has in the past been seriously underestimated. He is credited with a number of 'firsts' including being the first writer to introduce satire to French farce, and the first to set a play in China.
Later, he wrote down Tavernier's
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier was a French traveller and pioneer of trade with India, and travels through Persia , most known for works in two quarto volumes, Les Six Voyages de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier and diamond merchant for some important diamonds of the century...
famous travel guides from notes and dictation, though this task seems to have been forced upon him, much against his will, by the King (Louis XIV).
Samuel also wrote sermons, odes, dictionaries, and geographical books, and was still working his Nouveau Dictionaire (see publications below) almost up to his death.
Biography
Though his family originated in PoitiersPoitiers
Poitiers is a city on the Clain river in west central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and of the Poitou-Charentes region. The centre is picturesque and its streets are interesting for predominant remains of historical architecture, especially from the Romanesque...
, where his grandfather François was a 'procureur' and owned hemp fields and a vinyard, Samuel was born in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, where his father Charles was a lawyer and member of the Noblesse de Robe. The youngest of six, or possibly seven, children, he was educated in the Calvinist school in Châtillon-sur-Loing (Now known as Châtillon-Coligny) and in Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
. In 1643, he went to Montauban
Montauban
Montauban is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France. It is the capital of the department and lies north of Toulouse....
to study Theology
Theology
Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
.
After a period in which he accompanied a young nobleman (whose name we do not know) in journeys to Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
and England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, he travelled to the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
in 1648 and spent some time in the Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
, where he numbered amongst his friends some of the leading scholars of the day, such as Comenius
Comenius
John Amos Comenius ; ; Latinized: Iohannes Amos Comenius) was a Czech teacher, educator, and writer. He served as the last bishop of Unity of the Brethren, and became a religious refugee and one of the earliest champions of universal education, a concept eventually set forth in his book Didactica...
, Claude Saumaise and Constantijn Huygens
Constantijn Huygens
Constantijn Huygens , was a Dutch Golden Age poet and composer. He was secretary to two Princes of Orange: Frederick Henry and William II, and the father of the scientist Christiaan Huygens.-Biography:...
.
He then spent two years as private secretary of Countess Amalie Elizabeth von Hessen-Kassel, who was a granddaughter of William I of Orange-Nassau, (also known as William the Silent
William the Silent
William I, Prince of Orange , also widely known as William the Silent , or simply William of Orange , was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. He was born in the House of...
). After her death in 1651, and the consequent loss of his post, he decided that his future was as an author. He had published his first novel Ladice in 1650, and a number of books and plays followed during the 1650s. Working for a time as a proof-reader in Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
no doubt left him with a good understanding of the publishing business. Here, he also married his first wife, Maria de la Sarraz, whose ancestors include David le Boiteux, Principal of the College in Geneva. Their first child, Laurent, was born in Lyon before 1655.
In 1656 he returned to Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
to live, his second son Christophe was born, and in 1659, he was appointed tutor to the young Prince William III of Orange
William III of England
William III & II was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland...
, who later became King
Monarch
A monarch is the person who heads a monarchy. This is a form of government in which a state or polity is ruled or controlled by an individual who typically inherits the throne by birth and occasionally rules for life or until abdication...
of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. During this happy period, two more children were born, and Samuel witnessed the festivities on the event of the Restoration of the English Monarchy. Unfortunately, this appointment came to an end after the death of Mary Stuart, Princess of Orange
Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
Mary, Princess Royal, Princess of Orange and Countess of Nassau was the eldest daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland and his queen, Henrietta Maria of France...
, William's mother.
He then moved back to Charenton
Charenton
-France:* Charenton-le-Pont, in the Val-de-Marne département, a commune which has a common border with Paris* Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, a neighboring commune that was called Charenton-Saint-Maurice until 1842** Charenton...
, near Paris and set up a small school there. Also at this time, several of his plays were presented at Paris theatres, including one by Molière’s
Molière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature...
troupe. However, he was soon caught up, through no fault of his own, in a controversy surrounding his friend, preacher Alexander Morus
Alexander Morus
Alexander Morus was a Franco-Scottish Calvinist preacher.-Biography:...
and John Milton
John Milton
John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, a scholarly man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell...
, and had to leave Paris when parents removed their sons from his school. Around the same time, August 1662, his wife died soon after the birth of their 5th child, leaving him to remark "Un malheur vient rarement seul". He married again, and took refuge in Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, his new wife's home town, where he was granted citizenship in 1666.
From here, he travelled throughout Europe collecting information for a series of geographical/political books, including Suite de L'Europe Vivante, which were published between 1667 and 1673. At the end of 1671, he was exiled from Geneva due to a remark made in one of his books, and for some years lived apart from his family in various places, including Lyon and Basle, and also in Paris where he worked on Tavernier's books from 1674 to 1676. It was during this period of exile that he wrote Le Théâtre François, the book for which he is best remembered.
In 1679, he was readmitted to Geneva, but in 1681, the French managed to halt work on his latest book, and 1682 he moved to Celle
Celle
Celle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...
, where he remained for the last 20 years of his life, as Head of Pages to George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
George William was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruled first over the Principality of Calenberg, a subdivision of the duchy, then over the Lüneburg subdivision. In 1689 he occupied the Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg....
(Grandfather of George II of Great Britain
George II of Great Britain
George II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Archtreasurer and Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death.George was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain. He was born and brought up in Northern Germany...
). During this period, he worked constantly on his encyclopedia (Nouveau Dictionaire, never published and now lost), corresponding with leading scholars throughout Europe, including Pierre Bayle
Pierre Bayle
Pierre Bayle was a French philosopher and writer best known for his seminal work the Historical and Critical Dictionary, published beginning in 1695....
and Gottfried Leibniz
Gottfried Leibniz
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a German philosopher and mathematician. He wrote in different languages, primarily in Latin , French and German ....
, who also visited him.
Publications and works
- Ladice ou les victoires du grand Tamerlan (novel) published anonymously ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1650 - Recueil de lettres. Recueil de poésies Manuscript of letters and poems, about 1650
- Sermon Prononce Devant Leurs Altesses de Hesse CasselKasselKassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
, 1650 - Lyon dans son lustre : discours divisé en deux parties LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, 1656 - Le Cercle des femmes ou le secret du lit nuptial 1656 (Play, Comedy) (See full scan at Gallica)
- Damon et Pythias, ou le Triomphe de l'Amour et de l'Amitié AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, 1657 - Chant nuptial, ou reprise des muses françoises, sur les pas des muses latines, à l'honneur du marriage de J. Raie et de C. de Lochorst 1658
- Armetzar ou les Amis ennemis, Leiden, 1658 (See full scan at Gallica)
- L'Inconstant vaincu, ou puni, (songs) 1660 (Anon, attributed but unlikely)
- Le Riche mécontent ou le noble imaginaire 1660 (Play)
- Ode à son altesse royale la princesse douairière d'Orange, sur son passage de Hollande en Angleterre. 1660
- L'Académie des Femmes, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1661 (Farce) (See full scan at Gallica) - Le Muse enjouée ou le théâtre comique (poems)
- Le Colin-Maillard (Farce, English version Blindmans Buff), ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1662 - Genève délivrée (1) , 1702 CelleCelleCelle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...
(Poem and songs) - Genève délivrée (2) , written 1662, published 1862 (Play)
- La Dame d'intrigue ou l'Avare dupé comédie adaptée de celle de Plaute et représentée en 1662
- Les entretiens familiers d'Erasme . Divisés en deux décades. Translated by S. Chappuzeau, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1662 - L'Avare dupé, ou l'Homme de paille, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1663 (Comedy)(See full scan at Gallica) - Erasme de Rotterdam : Colloques choisis. Translated from Latin by Samuel Chappuzeau ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1662 - Le Partisan dupé : LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, 1663 (Comedy) - Histoire des Joyaux, et des principales richesses de l'Orient & de l'Occident, Genève, 1665 (Book, English edition 1674)
- Entretiens familiers, pour l'instruction de la noblesse étrangère, Français, Allemand et Latin LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, Genève, 1665 - Stances sur les armes victorieuses de Monseigneur le duc d'Enguyen, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1665 (See full scan at Gallica) - Orbis physicus : h. e. utriusque sphaerae synopsis, in controversarium, quae hoc tempore agitari solent, latissimum campum brevissima et facili via deducens GenevaGenevaGeneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, 1665
- L'Europe vivante ou relation nouvelle historique et politique de tous ses États, GenevaGenevaGeneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
and ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1667 1669 1671 - Les Eaux de Pirmont, LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, 1669 - La Muse enjouée ou le théâtre comique, LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, about 1670 - L'Allemagne protestante : ou relation nouvelle d'un voyage aux cours des Électeurs et des Prince protestants de l'Empire en 1669, Genève, 1671 (Book)
- Entretiens familiers, pour l'instruction de la noblesse étrangère, Genève, 1671 ; AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
1675 (French-Dutch edition) (Book) - La Relation nouvelle de l'estat présent de la Cour de son Altesse Charles Emmanuel II, Duc de Savoye, 1671 (Book)
- Œuvres poétiques nouvelles du Sieur S C : qui contiennent diverses pièces de théâtre, suivies de plusiers sonnets, odes, élégies & épigrammes, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, Jean Girin et Barthelemy Rivière - Relation de l'estat present de la maison royale et de la cour de Savoye, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1673 (book) - L'Allemagne,ou Relation nouvelle de toutes les cours de l'Empire, recueillie en deux voyages que l'autheur y a faits en 1669 et 1672, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1673 (book) - Relation de l'estat present de la maison électorale et de la cour de Bavière, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1673 - Verses to the glory of the departed, Valentin ConrartValentin ConrartValentin Conrart was a French author, and as a founder of the Académie française, the first occupant of seat 2.-Biography:He was born in Paris of Calvinist parents, and was educated for business. However, after his father's death in 1620, he began to move in literary circles, and soon acquired a...
, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
1675 (No copy known) - Le Théâtre FrançoisLe Théâtre FrançoisThis book, in three volumes, by Samuel Chappuzeau is the main source of information on French Theatre in the 17th Century.Its full title is Le Théâtre françois divisé en trois Livres, où il est traité I. De L’Usage de la Comédie. II. Des Auteurs qui soutiennent le Theatre. III...
divisé en trois Livres, où il est traité I. De L’Usage de la Comédie. II. Des Auteurs qui soutiennent le Théâtre. III. De la Conduite des Comédiens, LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, Michel Mayer, 1674 (See full scan at Gallica) - Nouveau dictionnaire françois-aleman et aleman-françois qu’accompagne le latin, Basle, 1675
- Jetzlebenden Europa, ... (German version of L'Europe Vivante, 3 volumes), Frankfurt am Main 1675 (See scan of a title page)
- L'Orateur chrétien, ou Traité de l'excellence et de la pratique de la chaire, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1675 also listed as Maniere de bien Precher - Nouveau recueil de comédies : représentées en divers temps sur les théâtres de Paris, LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, 1677–1678 - Les Parfaits amis ou le Triomphe de l'amour et de l'amitié, LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, 1677 - Icones historicae Veteris et Novi Testamenti : Figures historiques du V. et du N. Testament GenevaGenevaGeneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, 1680 - Europe, Pastorale héroïque, ornée de musique, de dances, de machines, & de changemens de théâtre:... CelleCelleCelle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...
, 1689 (See full scan here) - Idée du Monde ou introduction facile et méthodique à la cosmographie et à l’histoire : divisée en trios parties, CelleCelleCelle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...
, 1690 (See scan of a title page frontispiece) - Les Privilèges du Cocuage (Cuckoldry). Anon, attributed, probably wrongly, to Samuel
- Les Frayeurs de Crispin (play). Anon, attributed, probably wrongly, to Samuel
Samuel also contributed to other works, such as the 1689 supplement to Louis Moréri
Louis Moréri
Louis Moréri was a French encyclopaedist.His encyclopaedia, Le grand Dictionaire historique, ou le mélange curieux de l'histoire sacrée et profane was first published in Lyon in 1674. The encyclopaedia focused particularly on historical and biographical articles...
's Grand dictionnaire historique, and a description of Hesse in a geographical book. (Le Grand Atlas Ou Cosmographie Blaviane, Vol 3, 111-114 Description exacte De La Hesse, par le Sr Chappuzeau)
Lost Works
- Translation into French of Hoffman's 'Lexicon Universalle', Widerhold, Geneva 1689
- Nouveau Dictionnaire historique, géographique, chronologique & philologique, proposal printed CelleCelleCelle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...
, 1694 (See scan of title page)
The first two volumes were sent to the printers in 1698, but the work was never finished.
Sources
- Samuel Chappuzeau 1625-1701, a dissertation by Friedrich Meinel, University of LeipzigUniversity of LeipzigThe University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities in the world and the second-oldest university in Germany...
, 1908 - H.K. Eggers, Das altfranzösische Geschlecht Chappuzeau, 1880, updated 1968
- Sabine Haake, "Samuel Chappuzeau (1625-1701) : Leben und Werk", Thesis, Munich, 1973
- Samuel Chappuzeau, "Le Théâtre françois" crit. ed. C. Gossip (Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag, 2009)
- Jeanne Leroy-Fournier, “Les Origines poitevines de l’écrivain protestant Samuel Chappuzeau”, Bulletin de la société des antiquaires de l’Ouest et des musées de Poitiers (1976), 13, ser. 4, pp. 121–132
External links
Samuel Chappuzeau (1625, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
- 1701) was a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
scholar, author
Author
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, poet
Poet
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and playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
whose best-known work today is Le Théâtre François
Le Théâtre François
This book, in three volumes, by Samuel Chappuzeau is the main source of information on French Theatre in the 17th Century.Its full title is Le Théâtre françois divisé en trois Livres, où il est traité I. De L’Usage de la Comédie. II. Des Auteurs qui soutiennent le Theatre. III...
, a description of French Theatre in the 17th century.
Samuel’s play Le Cercle des Femmes is widely regarded as one of the main sources of Molière’s
Molière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature...
masterpiece Les Précieuses Ridicules, and his influence in general on the "Golden Age of French Drama" has in the past been seriously underestimated. He is credited with a number of 'firsts' including being the first writer to introduce satire to French farce, and the first to set a play in China.
Later, he wrote down Tavernier's
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier was a French traveller and pioneer of trade with India, and travels through Persia , most known for works in two quarto volumes, Les Six Voyages de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier and diamond merchant for some important diamonds of the century...
famous travel guides from notes and dictation, though this task seems to have been forced upon him, much against his will, by the King (Louis XIV).
Samuel also wrote sermons, odes, dictionaries, and geographical books, and was still working his Nouveau Dictionaire (see publications below) almost up to his death.
Biography
Though his family originated in PoitiersPoitiers
Poitiers is a city on the Clain river in west central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and of the Poitou-Charentes region. The centre is picturesque and its streets are interesting for predominant remains of historical architecture, especially from the Romanesque...
, where his grandfather François was a 'procureur' and owned hemp fields and a vinyard, Samuel was born in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, where his father Charles was a lawyer and member of the Noblesse de Robe. The youngest of six, or possibly seven, children, he was educated in the Calvinist school in Châtillon-sur-Loing (Now known as Châtillon-Coligny) and in Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
. In 1643, he went to Montauban
Montauban
Montauban is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France. It is the capital of the department and lies north of Toulouse....
to study Theology
Theology
Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
.
After a period in which he accompanied a young nobleman (whose name we do not know) in journeys to Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
and England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, he travelled to the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
in 1648 and spent some time in the Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
, where he numbered amongst his friends some of the leading scholars of the day, such as Comenius
Comenius
John Amos Comenius ; ; Latinized: Iohannes Amos Comenius) was a Czech teacher, educator, and writer. He served as the last bishop of Unity of the Brethren, and became a religious refugee and one of the earliest champions of universal education, a concept eventually set forth in his book Didactica...
, Claude Saumaise and Constantijn Huygens
Constantijn Huygens
Constantijn Huygens , was a Dutch Golden Age poet and composer. He was secretary to two Princes of Orange: Frederick Henry and William II, and the father of the scientist Christiaan Huygens.-Biography:...
.
He then spent two years as private secretary of Countess Amalie Elizabeth von Hessen-Kassel, who was a granddaughter of William I of Orange-Nassau, (also known as William the Silent
William the Silent
William I, Prince of Orange , also widely known as William the Silent , or simply William of Orange , was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. He was born in the House of...
). After her death in 1651, and the consequent loss of his post, he decided that his future was as an author. He had published his first novel Ladice in 1650, and a number of books and plays followed during the 1650s. Working for a time as a proof-reader in Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
no doubt left him with a good understanding of the publishing business. Here, he also married his first wife, Maria de la Sarraz, whose ancestors include David le Boiteux, Principal of the College in Geneva. Their first child, Laurent, was born in Lyon before 1655.
In 1656 he returned to Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
to live, his second son Christophe was born, and in 1659, he was appointed tutor to the young Prince William III of Orange
William III of England
William III & II was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland...
, who later became King
Monarch
A monarch is the person who heads a monarchy. This is a form of government in which a state or polity is ruled or controlled by an individual who typically inherits the throne by birth and occasionally rules for life or until abdication...
of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. During this happy period, two more children were born, and Samuel witnessed the festivities on the event of the Restoration of the English Monarchy. Unfortunately, this appointment came to an end after the death of Mary Stuart, Princess of Orange
Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
Mary, Princess Royal, Princess of Orange and Countess of Nassau was the eldest daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland and his queen, Henrietta Maria of France...
, William's mother.
He then moved back to Charenton
Charenton
-France:* Charenton-le-Pont, in the Val-de-Marne département, a commune which has a common border with Paris* Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, a neighboring commune that was called Charenton-Saint-Maurice until 1842** Charenton...
, near Paris and set up a small school there. Also at this time, several of his plays were presented at Paris theatres, including one by Molière’s
Molière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature...
troupe. However, he was soon caught up, through no fault of his own, in a controversy surrounding his friend, preacher Alexander Morus
Alexander Morus
Alexander Morus was a Franco-Scottish Calvinist preacher.-Biography:...
and John Milton
John Milton
John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, a scholarly man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell...
, and had to leave Paris when parents removed their sons from his school. Around the same time, August 1662, his wife died soon after the birth of their 5th child, leaving him to remark "Un malheur vient rarement seul". He married again, and took refuge in Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, his new wife's home town, where he was granted citizenship in 1666.
From here, he travelled throughout Europe collecting information for a series of geographical/political books, including Suite de L'Europe Vivante, which were published between 1667 and 1673. At the end of 1671, he was exiled from Geneva due to a remark made in one of his books, and for some years lived apart from his family in various places, including Lyon and Basle, and also in Paris where he worked on Tavernier's books from 1674 to 1676. It was during this period of exile that he wrote Le Théâtre François, the book for which he is best remembered.
In 1679, he was readmitted to Geneva, but in 1681, the French managed to halt work on his latest book, and 1682 he moved to Celle
Celle
Celle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...
, where he remained for the last 20 years of his life, as Head of Pages to George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
George William was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruled first over the Principality of Calenberg, a subdivision of the duchy, then over the Lüneburg subdivision. In 1689 he occupied the Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg....
(Grandfather of George II of Great Britain
George II of Great Britain
George II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Archtreasurer and Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death.George was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain. He was born and brought up in Northern Germany...
). During this period, he worked constantly on his encyclopedia (Nouveau Dictionaire, never published and now lost), corresponding with leading scholars throughout Europe, including Pierre Bayle
Pierre Bayle
Pierre Bayle was a French philosopher and writer best known for his seminal work the Historical and Critical Dictionary, published beginning in 1695....
and Gottfried Leibniz
Gottfried Leibniz
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a German philosopher and mathematician. He wrote in different languages, primarily in Latin , French and German ....
, who also visited him.
Publications and works
- Ladice ou les victoires du grand Tamerlan (novel) published anonymously ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1650 - Recueil de lettres. Recueil de poésies Manuscript of letters and poems, about 1650
- Sermon Prononce Devant Leurs Altesses de Hesse CasselKasselKassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
, 1650 - Lyon dans son lustre : discours divisé en deux parties LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, 1656 - Le Cercle des femmes ou le secret du lit nuptial 1656 (Play, Comedy) (See full scan at Gallica)
- Damon et Pythias, ou le Triomphe de l'Amour et de l'Amitié AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, 1657 - Chant nuptial, ou reprise des muses françoises, sur les pas des muses latines, à l'honneur du marriage de J. Raie et de C. de Lochorst 1658
- Armetzar ou les Amis ennemis, Leiden, 1658 (See full scan at Gallica)
- L'Inconstant vaincu, ou puni, (songs) 1660 (Anon, attributed but unlikely)
- Le Riche mécontent ou le noble imaginaire 1660 (Play)
- Ode à son altesse royale la princesse douairière d'Orange, sur son passage de Hollande en Angleterre. 1660
- L'Académie des Femmes, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1661 (Farce) (See full scan at Gallica) - Le Muse enjouée ou le théâtre comique (poems)
- Le Colin-Maillard (Farce, English version Blindmans Buff), ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1662 - Genève délivrée (1) , 1702 CelleCelleCelle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...
(Poem and songs) - Genève délivrée (2) , written 1662, published 1862 (Play)
- La Dame d'intrigue ou l'Avare dupé comédie adaptée de celle de Plaute et représentée en 1662
- Les entretiens familiers d'Erasme . Divisés en deux décades. Translated by S. Chappuzeau, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1662 - L'Avare dupé, ou l'Homme de paille, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1663 (Comedy)(See full scan at Gallica) - Erasme de Rotterdam : Colloques choisis. Translated from Latin by Samuel Chappuzeau ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1662 - Le Partisan dupé : LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, 1663 (Comedy) - Histoire des Joyaux, et des principales richesses de l'Orient & de l'Occident, Genève, 1665 (Book, English edition 1674)
- Entretiens familiers, pour l'instruction de la noblesse étrangère, Français, Allemand et Latin LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, Genève, 1665 - Stances sur les armes victorieuses de Monseigneur le duc d'Enguyen, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1665 (See full scan at Gallica) - Orbis physicus : h. e. utriusque sphaerae synopsis, in controversarium, quae hoc tempore agitari solent, latissimum campum brevissima et facili via deducens GenevaGenevaGeneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, 1665
- L'Europe vivante ou relation nouvelle historique et politique de tous ses États, GenevaGenevaGeneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
and ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1667 1669 1671 - Les Eaux de Pirmont, LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, 1669 - La Muse enjouée ou le théâtre comique, LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, about 1670 - L'Allemagne protestante : ou relation nouvelle d'un voyage aux cours des Électeurs et des Prince protestants de l'Empire en 1669, Genève, 1671 (Book)
- Entretiens familiers, pour l'instruction de la noblesse étrangère, Genève, 1671 ; AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
1675 (French-Dutch edition) (Book) - La Relation nouvelle de l'estat présent de la Cour de son Altesse Charles Emmanuel II, Duc de Savoye, 1671 (Book)
- Œuvres poétiques nouvelles du Sieur S C : qui contiennent diverses pièces de théâtre, suivies de plusiers sonnets, odes, élégies & épigrammes, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, Jean Girin et Barthelemy Rivière - Relation de l'estat present de la maison royale et de la cour de Savoye, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1673 (book) - L'Allemagne,ou Relation nouvelle de toutes les cours de l'Empire, recueillie en deux voyages que l'autheur y a faits en 1669 et 1672, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1673 (book) - Relation de l'estat present de la maison électorale et de la cour de Bavière, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1673 - Verses to the glory of the departed, Valentin ConrartValentin ConrartValentin Conrart was a French author, and as a founder of the Académie française, the first occupant of seat 2.-Biography:He was born in Paris of Calvinist parents, and was educated for business. However, after his father's death in 1620, he began to move in literary circles, and soon acquired a...
, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
1675 (No copy known) - Le Théâtre FrançoisLe Théâtre FrançoisThis book, in three volumes, by Samuel Chappuzeau is the main source of information on French Theatre in the 17th Century.Its full title is Le Théâtre françois divisé en trois Livres, où il est traité I. De L’Usage de la Comédie. II. Des Auteurs qui soutiennent le Theatre. III...
divisé en trois Livres, où il est traité I. De L’Usage de la Comédie. II. Des Auteurs qui soutiennent le Théâtre. III. De la Conduite des Comédiens, LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, Michel Mayer, 1674 (See full scan at Gallica) - Nouveau dictionnaire françois-aleman et aleman-françois qu’accompagne le latin, Basle, 1675
- Jetzlebenden Europa, ... (German version of L'Europe Vivante, 3 volumes), Frankfurt am Main 1675 (See scan of a title page)
- L'Orateur chrétien, ou Traité de l'excellence et de la pratique de la chaire, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1675 also listed as Maniere de bien Precher - Nouveau recueil de comédies : représentées en divers temps sur les théâtres de Paris, LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, 1677–1678 - Les Parfaits amis ou le Triomphe de l'amour et de l'amitié, LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, 1677 - Icones historicae Veteris et Novi Testamenti : Figures historiques du V. et du N. Testament GenevaGenevaGeneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, 1680 - Europe, Pastorale héroïque, ornée de musique, de dances, de machines, & de changemens de théâtre:... CelleCelleCelle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...
, 1689 (See full scan here) - Idée du Monde ou introduction facile et méthodique à la cosmographie et à l’histoire : divisée en trios parties, CelleCelleCelle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...
, 1690 (See scan of a title page frontispiece) - Les Privilèges du Cocuage (Cuckoldry). Anon, attributed, probably wrongly, to Samuel
- Les Frayeurs de Crispin (play). Anon, attributed, probably wrongly, to Samuel
Samuel also contributed to other works, such as the 1689 supplement to Louis Moréri
Louis Moréri
Louis Moréri was a French encyclopaedist.His encyclopaedia, Le grand Dictionaire historique, ou le mélange curieux de l'histoire sacrée et profane was first published in Lyon in 1674. The encyclopaedia focused particularly on historical and biographical articles...
's Grand dictionnaire historique, and a description of Hesse in a geographical book. (Le Grand Atlas Ou Cosmographie Blaviane, Vol 3, 111-114 Description exacte De La Hesse, par le Sr Chappuzeau)
Lost Works
- Translation into French of Hoffman's 'Lexicon Universalle', Widerhold, Geneva 1689
- Nouveau Dictionnaire historique, géographique, chronologique & philologique, proposal printed CelleCelleCelle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...
, 1694 (See scan of title page)
The first two volumes were sent to the printers in 1698, but the work was never finished.
Sources
- Samuel Chappuzeau 1625-1701, a dissertation by Friedrich Meinel, University of LeipzigUniversity of LeipzigThe University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities in the world and the second-oldest university in Germany...
, 1908 - H.K. Eggers, Das altfranzösische Geschlecht Chappuzeau, 1880, updated 1968
- Sabine Haake, "Samuel Chappuzeau (1625-1701) : Leben und Werk", Thesis, Munich, 1973
- Samuel Chappuzeau, "Le Théâtre françois" crit. ed. C. Gossip (Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag, 2009)
- Jeanne Leroy-Fournier, “Les Origines poitevines de l’écrivain protestant Samuel Chappuzeau”, Bulletin de la société des antiquaires de l’Ouest et des musées de Poitiers (1976), 13, ser. 4, pp. 121–132