1184:
837:
502:, and had to leave Paris when parents removed their sons from his school. Around the same time, in August 1662, his wife died soon after the birth of their fifth child, leaving him to remark "Un malheur vient rarement seul." He married again to Marie Trichot (daughter of Louis Trichot of
522:, which were published between 1666 and 1673. He visited London in 1667 and attended meetings of the Royal Society. 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 in various places, including
315:, but his influence on the "Golden Age of French Drama" has in the past been seriously underestimated. Among other things, Chappuzeau played a substantial part in "discovering" Molière when he gave his travelling troupe a glowing review in his book
446:, Principal of the college in Geneva. This statement to the Geneva Council now seems to have been false, as is the often-posted claim that she was from the Salteur de la Serraz family - she was too early for that. Their first child,
1166:
Jennings, Neil & Margaret Jones, "A Biography of Samuel
Chappuzeau, a Seventeenth-Century French Huguenot Playwright, Scholar, Traveller, and Preacher: An Encyclopedic Life", New York, 2012, Edwin Mellen Press :
469:
of
England. During this happy period, two more children were born, and Chappuzeau witnessed the festivities on the event of the Restoration of the English Monarchy, addressing an ode to the new King on board the
1163:
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
494:'s troupe as thanks for his promotion of their troupe in his book. However, he was soon caught up, through no fault of his own, in a controversy surrounding his friend, the preacher
1109:, 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)
1228:
827:
Orbis physicus : h. e. utriusque sphaerae synopsis, in controversarium, quae hoc tempore agitari solent, latissimum campum brevissima et facili via deducens
322:
Chappuzeau 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.
383:
After a period in which he accompanied a young nobleman on journeys to
Scotland and England, he traveled to the Netherlands in 1648 and spent some time in
254:
423:). 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 and only novel
913:Œuvres poétiques nouvelles du Sieur S C : qui contiennent diverses pièces de théâtre, suivies de plusiers sonnets, odes, élégies & épigrammes
969:
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
412:
555:
1223:
475:
329:
famous travel guides from notes and dictation, though this task seems to have been forced upon him, much against his will, by the King (
156:
643:
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
1258:
933:
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
883:
L'Allemagne protestante : ou relation nouvelle d'un voyage aux cours des Électeurs et des Prince protestants de l'Empire en 1669
490:, near Paris and set up a small school there. At this time, several of his plays were presented at Paris theatres, including one by
1253:
247:
1233:
1213:
1172:
542:, the book for which he is best remembered. This was written at the request of Molière's troupe soon after Molière had died.
171:
550:
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
166:
518:
From here, he traveled throughout Europe collecting information for a series of geographical/political books, including
1238:
240:
1068:
Idée du Monde ou introduction facile et méthodique à la cosmographie et à l’histoire : divisée en trios parties
136:
352:, where his grandfather François was a 'procureur' and owned hemp fields and a vineyard, Chappuzeau was born in
74:
69:
64:
59:
54:
49:
427:
in 1650, and a number of books and plays followed during the 1650s. Working for a time as a proof-reader in
1243:
1218:
1053:
Europe, Pastorale héroïque, ornée de musique, de dances, de machines, & de changemens de théâtre:...
966:
336:
Chappuzeau also wrote sermons, odes, dictionaries, and geographical books, and was still working on his
292:
559:
416:
197:
44:
30:
1138:
The first two volumes (of three) were sent to the printers in 1698, but the work was never finished.
677:
Ode à son altesse royale la princesse douairière d'Orange, sur son passage de
Hollande en Angleterre.
151:
146:
907:
La
Relation nouvelle de l'estat présent de la Cour de son Altesse Charles Emmanuel II, Duc de Savoye
461:
to live, where his second son
Christophe was born, and in 1659, he was appointed tutor to the young
1129:
1080:
1075:
1002:
566:, never published and now lost), corresponding with leading scholars throughout Europe, including
1160:
Samuel Chappuzeau, "Le Théâtre françois" crit. ed. C. Gossip (Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag, 2009)
535:
326:
207:
141:
1044:
Icones historicae Veteris et Novi Testamenti : Figures historiques du V. et du N. Testament
1157:
Sabine Haake, "Samuel Chappuzeau (1625–1701) : Leben und Werk", Thesis, Munich, 1973
462:
23:
1148:
161:
1208:
1203:
187:
365:
8:
1024:
Nouveau recueil de comédies : représentées en divers temps sur les théâtres de Paris
396:
1248:
447:
420:
202:
1168:
998:
571:
487:
228:
192:
105:
19:
1059:
538:'s travel books from 1674 to 1676. It was during this period of exile that he wrote
1188:
954:
443:
357:
115:
1118:
Translation into French of Hoffman's 'Lexicon Universalle', Widerhold, Geneva 1689
787:
Histoire des Joyaux, et des principales richesses de l'Orient & de l'Occident
503:
495:
392:
1102:
976:
656:
625:
387:, where he was friends with some of the leading scholars of the day, among them
1122:
Nouveau Dictionnaire historique, géographique, chronologique & philologique
849:
L'Europe vivante ou relation nouvelle historique et politique de tous ses États
818:
758:
690:
297:
985:
Nouveau dictionnaire françois-aleman et aleman-françois qu’accompagne le latin
1197:
471:
223:
120:
110:
1011:
L'Orateur chrétien, ou Traité de l'excellence et de la pratique de la chaire
943:
Relation de l'estat present de la maison électorale et de la cour de Bavière
360:. The youngest of six, or possibly seven, children, he was educated in the
90:
1101:
Chappuzeau also contributed to other works, such as the 1689 supplement to
567:
1154:
H.K. Eggers, Das altfranzösische Geschlecht Chappuzeau, 1880, updated 1968
554:, where he remained for the last 20 years of his life as Head of Pages to
434:
Here, he also married his first wife, Maria de la Sarraz, originally from
100:
499:
995:
Jetzlebenden Europa, ... (German version of L'Europe Vivante, 3 volumes)
431:
no doubt left him with a good understanding of the publishing business.
1147:
Samuel Chappuzeau 1625–1701, a dissertation by Friedrich Meinel,
923:
Relation de l'estat present de la maison royale et de la cour de Savoye
287:
95:
510:, his new wife's home town, where he was granted citizenship in 1666.
491:
308:
900:
836:
636:
458:
435:
384:
373:
361:
330:
896:
886:
804:
790:
474:. Unfortunately, this appointment came to an end after the death of
439:
388:
377:
349:
811:
Stances sur les armes victorieuses de Monseigneur le duc d'Enguyen
893:
Entretiens familiers, pour l'instruction de la noblesse étrangère
797:
Entretiens familiers, pour l'instruction de la noblesse étrangère
738:
562:). During this period, he worked constantly on his encyclopedia (
466:
275:
1046:
852:
829:
652:
606:
507:
408:
369:
279:
1125:
1071:
1055:
1014:
988:
959:
946:
936:
926:
916:
856:
814:
770:
754:
744:
718:
708:
686:
591:
575:
551:
531:
527:
353:
271:
1091:(Cuckoldry). Anon, attributed, probably wrongly, to Samuel
1037:
1027:
972:
876:
866:
800:
780:
615:
613:
Lyon dans son lustre : discours divisé en deux parties
523:
442:, whose ancestors were said by Chappuzeau to have included
428:
283:
1034:
Les Parfaits amis ou le Triomphe de l'amour et de l'amitié
634:
Damon et Pythias, ou le Triomphe de l'Amour et de l'Amitié
356:, where his father Charles was a lawyer and member of the
733:
comédie adaptée de celle de Plaute et représentée en 1662
705:
Le Colin-Maillard (Farce, English version Blindmans Buff)
741:. Divisés en deux décades. Translated by S. Chappuzeau
450:, was born in Lyon before 1655. (Laurent later became
1097:(play). Anon, attributed, probably wrongly, to Samuel
307:is widely regarded as one of the main sources for
1195:
622:Le Cercle des femmes ou le secret du lit nuptial
1229:17th-century French dramatists and playwrights
667:, (songs) 1660 (Anon, attributed but unlikely)
604:Sermon Prononce Devant Leurs Altesses de Hesse
767:Erasme de Rotterdam : Colloques choisis.
413:Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg
248:
769:Translated from Latin by Samuel Chappuzeau
454:, or clockmaker, to the Elector of Hanover)
364:school in Châtillon-sur-Loing (now known as
600:Manuscript of letters and poems, about 1650
588:Ladice ou les victoires du grand Tamerlan
556:George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
255:
241:
671:Le Riche mécontent ou le noble imaginaire
581:
835:
1196:
598:Recueil de lettres. Recueil de poésies
953:Verses to the glory of the departed,
873:La Muse enjouée ou le théâtre comique
727:, written 1662, published 1862 (Play)
699:Le Muse enjouée ou le théâtre comique
274:– 31 August 1701) was a French
1224:Writers from the Republic of Geneva
1185:Works by or about Samuel Chappuzeau
793:, 1665 (Book, English edition 1671)
481:
13:
919:, Jean Girin et Barthelemy Rivière
903:1675 (French-Dutch edition) (Book)
751:L'Avare dupé, ou l'Homme de paille
731:La Dame d'intrigue ou l'Avare dupé
14:
1270:
1178:
574:, who visited him at his home in
1259:17th-century French male writers
348:Though his family originated in
799:, Français, Allemand et Latin
590:(novel) published anonymously
476:Mary Stuart, Princess of Orange
290:whose best-known work today is
1254:Calvinist and Reformed writers
545:
1:
1234:17th-century French novelists
1112:
1107:Grand dictionnaire historique
415:, who was a granddaughter of
343:
1214:Calvinist and Reformed poets
665:L'Inconstant vaincu, ou puni
649:Armetzar ou les Amis ennemis
463:Prince William III of Orange
300:in the seventeenth century.
7:
737:Les entretiens familiers d'
407:He then spent two years in
10:
1275:
1141:
560:George II of Great Britain
513:
417:William I of Orange-Nassau
1239:17th-century French poets
1089:Les Privilèges du Cocuage
520:Suite de L'Europe Vivante
402:
1077:See scan of a title page
1004:See scan of a title page
978:See full scan at Gallica
820:See full scan at Gallica
760:See full scan at Gallica
692:See full scan at Gallica
658:See full scan at Gallica
627:See full scan at Gallica
411:as private secretary to
340:almost up to his death.
313:Les Précieuses Ridicules
1095:Les Frayeurs de Crispin
1019:Maniere de bien Precher
457:In 1656 he returned to
1131:See scan of title page
1017:, 1675 also listed as
975:, Michel Mayer, 1674 (
859:, 1666, 1667 1669 1671
844:
582:Publications and works
506:), and took refuge in
486:He then moved back to
372:. In 1643, he went to
24:Francophone literature
1149:University of Leipzig
839:
683:L'Académie des Femmes
624:1656 (Play, Comedy) (
180:Countries and regions
962:1675 (No copy known)
725:Genève délivrée (2)
715:Genève délivrée (1)
478:, William's mother.
317:Lyon dans son lustre
305:Le Cercle des Femmes
1244:French philologists
1124:, proposal printed
967:Le Théâtre François
863:Les Eaux de Pirmont
564:Nouveau Dictionaire
540:Le Théâtre François
534:where he worked on
465:, who later became
397:Constantijn Huygens
338:Nouveau Dictionaire
325:Later, he composed
296:, a description of
293:Le Théâtre François
167:Short story writers
142:Writers by category
1219:Writers from Paris
1061:See full scan here
845:
448:Laurent Chappuzeau
421:William the Silent
303:Chappuzeau's play
172:Children's writers
137:Chronological list
1173:978-0-7734-2644-3
999:Frankfurt am Main
840:Pavane's copy of
572:Gottfried Leibniz
419:, (also known as
366:Châtillon-Coligny
268:Samuel Chappuzeau
265:
264:
1266:
1189:Internet Archive
1082:and frontispiece
955:Valentin Conrart
842:L'Europe Vivante
777:Le Partisan dupé
757:, 1663 (Comedy)(
721:(Poem and songs)
689:, 1661 (Farce) (
558:(Grandfather of
482:Return to France
444:David le Boiteux
358:Noblesse de Robe
257:
250:
243:
16:
15:
1274:
1273:
1269:
1268:
1267:
1265:
1264:
1263:
1194:
1193:
1181:
1144:
1115:
783:, 1663 (Comedy)
584:
548:
516:
504:Sedan, Ardennes
496:Alexander Morus
484:
405:
393:Claude Saumaise
346:
270:(16 June 1625,
261:
198:Franco-American
12:
11:
5:
1272:
1262:
1261:
1256:
1251:
1246:
1241:
1236:
1231:
1226:
1221:
1216:
1211:
1206:
1192:
1191:
1180:
1179:External links
1177:
1176:
1175:
1164:
1161:
1158:
1155:
1152:
1143:
1140:
1136:
1135:
1119:
1114:
1111:
1099:
1098:
1092:
1086:
1065:
1050:
1041:
1031:
1021:
1008:
992:
982:
963:
950:
940:
930:
920:
910:
904:
890:
880:
870:
860:
834:
833:
824:
808:
794:
784:
774:
764:
748:
734:
728:
722:
712:
702:
696:
680:
674:
668:
662:
646:
640:
631:
619:
610:
601:
595:
583:
580:
547:
544:
530:, and also in
515:
512:
483:
480:
404:
401:
345:
342:
298:French Theatre
263:
262:
260:
259:
252:
245:
237:
234:
233:
232:
231:
226:
218:
217:
213:
212:
211:
210:
205:
200:
195:
190:
182:
181:
177:
176:
175:
174:
169:
164:
159:
154:
149:
144:
139:
131:
130:
126:
125:
124:
123:
118:
113:
108:
103:
98:
93:
85:
84:
80:
79:
78:
77:
72:
67:
62:
57:
52:
47:
39:
38:
34:
33:
27:
26:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1271:
1260:
1257:
1255:
1252:
1250:
1247:
1245:
1242:
1240:
1237:
1235:
1232:
1230:
1227:
1225:
1222:
1220:
1217:
1215:
1212:
1210:
1207:
1205:
1202:
1201:
1199:
1190:
1186:
1183:
1182:
1174:
1170:
1165:
1162:
1159:
1156:
1153:
1150:
1146:
1145:
1139:
1133:
1132:
1127:
1123:
1120:
1117:
1116:
1110:
1108:
1104:
1096:
1093:
1090:
1087:
1084:
1083:
1079:
1078:
1073:
1069:
1066:
1063:
1062:
1057:
1054:
1051:
1048:
1045:
1042:
1039:
1035:
1032:
1029:
1025:
1022:
1020:
1016:
1012:
1009:
1006:
1005:
1000:
996:
993:
990:
986:
983:
980:
979:
974:
970:
968:
964:
961:
958:
956:
951:
948:
944:
941:
939:, 1673 (book)
938:
934:
931:
929:, 1673 (book)
928:
924:
921:
918:
914:
911:
909:, 1671 (Book)
908:
905:
902:
898:
894:
891:
889:, 1671 (Book)
888:
884:
881:
878:
874:
871:
868:
864:
861:
858:
854:
850:
847:
846:
843:
838:
831:
828:
825:
822:
821:
816:
812:
809:
806:
802:
798:
795:
792:
788:
785:
782:
778:
775:
772:
768:
765:
762:
761:
756:
752:
749:
746:
742:
740:
735:
732:
729:
726:
723:
720:
716:
713:
710:
706:
703:
700:
697:
694:
693:
688:
684:
681:
678:
675:
672:
669:
666:
663:
660:
659:
654:
650:
647:
644:
641:
638:
635:
632:
629:
628:
623:
620:
617:
614:
611:
608:
605:
602:
599:
596:
593:
589:
586:
585:
579:
577:
573:
569:
565:
561:
557:
553:
543:
541:
537:
533:
529:
525:
521:
511:
509:
505:
501:
497:
493:
489:
479:
477:
473:
472:Royal Charles
468:
464:
460:
455:
453:
449:
445:
441:
437:
432:
430:
426:
422:
418:
414:
410:
400:
398:
394:
390:
386:
381:
379:
375:
371:
367:
363:
359:
355:
351:
341:
339:
334:
332:
328:
323:
320:
318:
314:
310:
306:
301:
299:
295:
294:
289:
285:
281:
277:
273:
269:
258:
253:
251:
246:
244:
239:
238:
236:
235:
230:
227:
225:
222:
221:
220:
219:
215:
214:
209:
206:
204:
201:
199:
196:
194:
191:
189:
186:
185:
184:
183:
179:
178:
173:
170:
168:
165:
163:
160:
158:
155:
153:
150:
148:
145:
143:
140:
138:
135:
134:
133:
132:
128:
127:
122:
121:Nouveau roman
119:
117:
114:
112:
111:Parnassianism
109:
107:
104:
102:
99:
97:
94:
92:
89:
88:
87:
86:
82:
81:
76:
73:
71:
68:
66:
63:
61:
58:
56:
53:
51:
48:
46:
43:
42:
41:
40:
36:
35:
32:
29:
28:
25:
21:
18:
17:
1137:
1130:
1121:
1106:
1103:Louis Moréri
1100:
1094:
1088:
1081:
1076:
1067:
1060:
1052:
1043:
1033:
1023:
1018:
1010:
1003:
994:
984:
977:
965:
952:
942:
932:
922:
912:
906:
892:
882:
879:, about 1670
872:
862:
848:
841:
826:
819:
810:
796:
786:
776:
766:
759:
750:
736:
730:
724:
714:
704:
698:
691:
682:
676:
670:
664:
657:
648:
642:
633:
626:
621:
612:
603:
597:
587:
568:Pierre Bayle
563:
549:
539:
519:
517:
485:
456:
451:
433:
424:
406:
382:
347:
337:
335:
324:
321:
316:
312:
311:masterpiece
304:
302:
291:
267:
266:
208:Postcolonial
75:Contemporary
70:20th century
1209:1701 deaths
1204:1625 births
1030:, 1677–1678
673:1660 (Play)
546:Later years
500:John Milton
327:Tavernier's
157:Playwrights
50:Renaissance
31:by category
1198:Categories
1113:Lost works
344:Early life
288:playwright
229:Literature
96:Classicism
91:Précieuses
1249:Huguenots
901:Amsterdam
637:Amsterdam
570:and also
536:Tavernier
488:Charenton
459:Amsterdam
452:horologer
436:La Sarraz
385:the Hague
376:to study
374:Montauban
368:) and in
362:Calvinist
331:Louis XIV
319:in 1656.
309:Molière's
152:Novelists
147:Essayists
116:Symbolism
83:Movements
1128:, 1694 (
1074:, 1690 (
1058:, 1689 (
899:, 1671;
817:, 1665 (
779: :
655:, 1658 (
440:Cossonay
389:Comenius
378:Theology
350:Poitiers
106:Decadent
45:Medieval
1187:at the
1142:Sources
717:, 1702
701:(poems)
514:Travels
492:Molière
276:scholar
216:Portals
129:Writers
37:History
1171:
1151:, 1908
1049:, 1680
1047:Geneva
1040:, 1677
1001:1675 (
991:, 1675
949:, 1673
897:Genève
887:Genève
869:, 1669
853:Geneva
832:, 1665
830:Geneva
807:, 1665
805:Genève
791:Genève
773:, 1662
747:, 1662
739:Erasme
711:, 1662
653:Leiden
639:, 1657
618:, 1656
609:, 1650
607:Kassel
594:, 1650
508:Geneva
425:Ladice
409:Kassel
403:Career
395:, and
370:Geneva
280:author
224:France
193:Quebec
188:France
101:Rococo
20:French
1126:Celle
1072:Celle
1056:Celle
1015:Paris
989:Basel
960:Paris
947:Paris
937:Paris
927:Paris
917:Paris
857:Paris
815:Paris
771:Paris
755:Paris
745:Paris
719:Celle
709:Paris
687:Paris
592:Paris
576:Celle
552:Celle
532:Paris
528:Basel
354:Paris
272:Paris
203:Haiti
162:Poets
1169:ISBN
1038:Lyon
1028:Lyon
973:Lyon
877:Lyon
867:Lyon
855:and
801:Lyon
781:Lyon
679:1660
645:1658
616:Lyon
526:and
524:Lyon
498:and
467:King
429:Lyon
286:and
284:poet
65:19th
60:18th
55:17th
22:and
1105:'s
333:).
1200::
1070:,
1036:,
1026:,
1013:,
997:,
987:,
971:,
945:,
935:,
925:,
915:,
895:,
885:,
875:,
865:,
851:,
813:,
803:,
789:,
753:,
743:,
707:,
685:,
651:,
578:.
438:,
399:.
391:,
380:.
282:,
278:,
1134:)
1085:)
1064:)
1007:)
981:)
957:,
823:)
763:)
695:)
661:)
630:)
256:e
249:t
242:v
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.