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  Joachim du Bellay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Du Bellay returned with Ronsard to Paris to join the circle of students of the humanities attached to Jean Dorat at the Collège de Coqueret.
Du Bellay maintained that the French language as it was then constituted was too poor to serve as a medium for the higher forms of poetry, but he contended that by proper cultivation it might be brought on a level with the classical tongues.
Du Bellay did not actually introduce the sonnet into French poetry, but he acclimatized it; and when the fashion of sonneteering became a mania he was one of the first to ridicule its excesses.
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 Jean du Bellay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
When Guillaume du Bellay went to Piedmont, Jean was put in charge of the negotiations with the German Protestants, principally through the humanist Johann Sturm and the historian Johann Sleidan.
In the last years of the reign of Francis I, cardinal du Bellay was in favour with the duchesse d'Étampes, and received a number of benefices--the bishopric of Limoges (1541), archbishopric of Bordeaux (1544), bishopric of Le Mans (1546); but his influence in the council was supplanted by that of Cardinal de Tournon.
Under Henry II, du Bellay, involved in the disgrace of all the servants of Francis I, was sent to Rome (1547).
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 JOACHIM DU BELLAY - LoveToKnow Article on JOACHIM DU BELLAY
Du Bellay returned with Ronsard to Paris to join the circle of students of the humanities attached to Jean Daurat (q.v.) at the College de Coqueret.
Du Bellay maintained that the French languagt as it was then constituted was too poor to serve as a medium for the higher forms of poetry, but he contended that by proper cultivation it might be brought on a level with the classical tongues.
The simplicity and tenderness speciallycharacteristic of du Bellay appear in the sonnets telling of his unlucky passion for Faustine, and of his nostalgia for the banks of the Loire.
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 Joachim Du Bellay
Du Bellay's object is to adjust the existing French culture to the rediscovered classical culture; and in discussing this problem, and developing the theories of the Pleiad, he has lighted upon many principles of permanent truth and applicability.
Du Bellay himself translated two books of the Aeneid, and other poetry, old and new, and there were some who thought that the translation of the classical literature was the true means of ennobling the French language: -- strangers are ever favourites with us -- nous favorisons toujours les étrangers.
Du Bellay was born in the disastrous year 1525, the year of the battle of Pavia, and the captivity of Francis the First.
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 RMDS Collections
Du Bellay’s oeuvres convey first the optimism of a growing humanist movement, then increasing disappointment with humanist intellectual goals and pessimism regarding the attempt to construct earthly glory for oneself, in the face of the inescapable ravages of time.
Du Bellay subsequently met Pierre de Ronsard and joined him in 1547 at the Collège de Coqueret in Paris, where the young poets pursued studies of Latin and Greek and read the great literary and philosophical works of antiquity and of Italy under the tutelage of the humanist Jean Dorat.
Du Bellay’s Défense et illustration de la langue françoyse (1549) served as the group’s manifesto, asserting the dignity of the French language in keeping with Renaissance humanists’ growing support for the vernacular, and calling on poets to draw upon and then surpass the literary models of Greece, Rome and Italy.
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 Joachim du Bellay
French poet and critic, member of the Pléiade, was born at the château of La Turmelière, not far from Liré, near Angers, being the son of Jean du Belay, seigneur de Gonnor, cousin-german of the cardinal Jean du Bellay and of Guillaume du Bellay.
It was probably in 1547 that du Bellay met Pierre de Ronsard in an inn on the way to Poitiers, an event which may justly be regarded as the starting-point of the French school of Renaissance poetry.
Du Bellay returned with Ronsard to Paris to join the circle of students of the humanities attached to Jean Daurat at the Collège de Coqueret.
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 JEAN DU BELLAY - LoveToKnow Article on JEAN DU BELLAY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
1493-1560), French cardinal and diplomat, younger brother of Guillaume du Bellay, appears as bishop of Bayonne in 1526, member of the privy council in 1530, and bishop of Paris in 1532.
In the last years of the reign of Francis I., cardinal du Bellay was in favor with the duchesse dEtampes, and received a number of beneficesthe bishopric of Limoges (1541), archbishopric of Bordeaux (544), bishopric of Le Mans (1546); but his influence in the council was supplanted by that of Cardinal de Tournon.
Under Henry II., being involved in the disgrace of all the servants of Francis I., he was sent to Rome (1547), and he obtained eight votes in the conclave which followed the death of Pope Paul III.
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 Joachim du Bellay Biography / Biography of Joachim du Bellay Biography
Joachim du Bellay was born at the Château de la Turmelière in Anjou, probably in 1522.
When he was about 23, he began to study law at Poitiers, but the lure of poetry was stronger and Du Bellay soon left for Paris to study along with Pierre Ronsard and Jean Antoine de Baïf under the great Jean Dorat, who taught Latin and Greek literature at the Collège de Coqueret.
Du Bellay's major works, the Regrets, the Divers jeux rustiques, Le Premier livre des antiquitez de Rome, and the Poemata (all published in 1558), owe a large part of their inspiration to his stay in Rome, where he went with his relative Cardinal Jean du Bellay in 1553.
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 Joachim du Bellay --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Du Bellay is the author of the Pléiade's manifesto, La Défense et illustration de la langue française (1549; The Defence and Illustration of the French Language), in which he asserts that French is capable of producing a modern literature at least equal to that of the…
Du Bellay is the author of the Pléiade's manifesto, La Défense et illustration de la langue française (1549; The Defence and Illustration of the French Language), in which he asserts that French is capable of producing a modern literature at least equal to that of the Italians.
The English cellist Jacqueline du Pré was a performer of rare brilliance, acclaimed for her dazzling technical skill as well as the depth and passion of her interpretations.
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 HOASM: Joachim du Bellay
French poet and critic, member of the Pléiade, was born at the château of La Turmelière, not far from Liré, near Angers, being the son of Jean du Bellay, seigneur de Gonnor, cousin-german of the cardinal Jean du Bellay and of Guillaume du Bellay.
The famous manifesto of the Pléiade, the Deffence et illustration de la langue françoyse (1549), was at once a complement and a refutation of Sébillet's treatise.
To obtain a clear view of the reforms aimed at by the Pléiade, the Defence should be further considered in connexion with Ronsard's Abrégé d'art poétique and his preface to the Franciade.
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 Rabelais, François - Facts from the Encyclopedia - Yahoo! Education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The third book of the romance, which differed greatly from the first two, was published in 1546; an incomplete edition of the fourth book appeared in 1548 and a complete one in 1552.
Rabelais made several trips to Rome with his friend Cardinal Jean du Bellay; he lived for a time in Turin with du Bellay's brother, Guillaume.
Du Bellay's protection saved Rabelais after the condemnation of his novel by the Sorbonne.
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 Du Bellay, Jean on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
DU BELLAY, JEAN [Du Bellay, Jean], 1492-1560, French humanist and diplomat, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church; brother of Guillaume Du Bellay and patron of his cousin, Joachim Du Bellay.
Marguerite de France as Minerva: a sixteenth-century Limoges painted enamel by Jean de Court in the Wallace Collection.(Critical Essay)
A la recherche du spirituel: l'italie et les dames galantes de Brantome.
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 Untitled Document
His sister, Marguerite of Navarre and Jean du Bellay, the Bishop of Paris, were the focal point of a faction sympathetic to the Reformers cause at the French court.
When Jean Dinteville arrived in England in February of 1533 there were hopes of a stronger alliance between England and France, but when he returned to France in November of 1533, the relationship between Henry VIII and Francis I had clearly cooled.
The opposing positions that du Bellay and Montmorency took on the direction of the French church might suggest a possible topic of exchange between the two kings.
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 François Rabelais
He was certainly there in February 1549, when he dates from Du Bellay's palace a little account of the festivals given at Rome to celebrate the birth of the second son of Henri II and Catherine de Medici.
Nothing is heard of the quarrel with Du Bellay or of any meeting with him, nothing of the meetings and bickerings with Ronsard, until 1697, when Bernier tells the story without any authority.
There is indeed no reason to suppose that either Ronsard or Du Bellay was a fervent admirer of Rabelais, for they belonged to a very different literary school; but there is absolutely no evidence of any enmity between them, and Du Bellay actually refers to Rabelais with admiration.
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 The Invisible Basilica: William of Schyren
Guillaume du Bellay was France's most able diplomat as well as a valiant soldier, scholar and historian.
Guillaume du Bellay was also a committed humanist and an ardent protector of freedom of thought.
Guillaume du Bellay died in 1543 during a trip to France, and Rabelais was present.
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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
It was perhaps significant of this change that Jean du Bellay who, like his brother Guillaume, was in favour of a moderate reform of the Church, was at this time appointed Bishop of Paris.
Melanchthon complied, and du Bellay returned to France with a paper, dated August 1, 1534, in which the various points in dispute were separately discussed and means of arranging them were suggested.
Jean le Maçon, surnamed Le Rivière, was chosen as pastor, and he was assisted in the work of government by a consistory of elders and deacons.
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 Literary Encyclopedia: Rabelais
Du Bellay and his doctor returned to France after a few months, and Rabelais took up again his duties at the hospital.
We know that in 1539 he accompanied to Turin the already sick Guillaume du Bellay, appointed Governor of Piedmont, and that when the latter visited Lyons in 1541 Rabelais oversaw a very slightly expurgated edition of his first two books; the Sorbonne, not in the least mollified, promptly renewed its condemnation of them.
Langey was dead, as was Rabelais’s old protector D’Estissac, but Cardinal Du Bellay was more powerful than ever, and in the same year the author was appointed maître des requêtes, which meant that he was an official member of the royal entourage: Langey had also left him a small annuity.
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 Observing and Learning - Library - Excerpts from ancient books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
At the end of 1533, Rabelais went to Rome with Jean Du Bellay.
Later, he is thought to have lived in Turin, together with Guillaume du Bellay, lord of Langeais ; He returned to that city in 1542 and came back with the corpse of Du Bellay, in 1543.
In 1546, "Le Tiers Livre" was published in Paris by Christian Wechel, and, in 1548, the first version of "Le Quart Livre" ; At the beginning of that year, he was actually in Rome (In " La Sciomachie", in 1549, he described the big party thrown in Rome to celebrate the birth of Louis d'Orleans).
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 François Rabelais - Psychology Central   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
With support from members of the prominent du Bellay family (esp. Jean du Bellay), Rabelais received the approval from King François I, to continue to publish his collection but after the death of the enlightened king, Rabelais was frowned upon by the academic elite and the French Parliament suspended the sale of his fourth book.
Afterwards, Rabelais travelled frequently to Rome with du Bellay, and lived for a short time in Turin with du Bellay's brother, Guillaume, during which François I was his patron.
Only the protection of du Bellay saved Rabelais after the condemnation of his novel by the Sorbonne.
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 Review 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In her reading, McGowan de-emphasizes the pathos and sense of loss to which Thomas Greene and other critics are sensitive, in order to emphasize the idealism of Du Bellay's poetry and his commitment to the restoration of Rome.
The section on Du Bellay concludes with an informative survey of Du Bellay's heritage, covering a number of minor poets from the reigns of Charles IX and Henri III including a new discovery, Adrian de Gadon, whose Sonnets faits à Rome were published in Paris in 1573 and apparently haven't been read since.
From Du Bellay, we move to Michel de Montaigne, the author of a travel journal as well as three books of essays.
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 The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of May 21, 1535
Bishop Du Bellay went to Marseilles in October 1533 to welcome Pope Clement VII in the name of the Church of France.
When his brother Guillaume du Bellay was named governor of Piedmont, the cardinal was left in charge of the negotiations with the German Protestants, assisted mainly by the humanist Johann Sturm and the historian Johann Sleidan.
Biography, in English; biography, in Italian; portrait and biography, in English; portrait and biography, in French; biography, in German; Famille Du Bellay, in French; his genealogy and portrait; his engraving by F. Stuerhelt; his portrait by Nicolas Lagenau, Musée Condé, Chantilly, France; another engraving; and engraving by Baudran, engraver; and Friedrich Bouterwek, artist.
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 du
The Du (土) people are an ethnic group.
Du can also be a transliteration of Chinese family names 杜,堵 etc.
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 Jean Du Bellay
Du Bellay, Jean, 1492–1560, French humanist and diplomat, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church; brother of Guillaume Du Bellay and patron of his cousin, Joachim Du Bellay.
Guillaume Du Bellay - Du Bellay, Guillaume, 1491–1543, French diplomat under King Francis I; brother of Jean Du...
François Rabelais: Later Life - Later Life Rabelais made several trips to Rome with his friend Cardinal Jean du Bellay; he lived...
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 Paris-Night Life   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Take a graveled pathway down to the river from the Left Bank side of pont de Sully, close to the Institut du Monde Arabe, and walk to the right, away from Notre-Dame.
If you want to linger, you can order a plat du jour or a coffee at the bar.
Testifying to the unifying power of jazz, it's a multiethnic playground where the children of prominent Parisians mingle.
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