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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 :
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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famous travel guides from notes and dictation, though this task seems to have been forced upon him, much against his will, by the King (
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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
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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
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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
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From here, he traveled throughout Europe collecting information for a series of geographical/political books, including
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Idée du Monde ou introduction facile et méthodique à la cosmographie et à l’histoire : divisée en trios parties
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in 1650, and a number of books and plays followed during the 1650s. Working for a time as a proof-reader in
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Europe, Pastorale héroïque, ornée de musique, de dances, de machines, & de changemens de théâtre:...
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Chappuzeau also wrote sermons, odes, dictionaries, and geographical books, and was still working on his
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The first two volumes (of three) were sent to the printers in 1698, but the work was never finished.
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Ode à son altesse royale la princesse douairière d'Orange, sur son passage de Hollande en Angleterre.
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La Relation nouvelle de l'estat présent de la Cour de son Altesse Charles Emmanuel II, Duc de Savoye
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to live, where his second son Christophe was born, and in 1659, he was appointed tutor to the young
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Samuel Chappuzeau, "Le Théâtre françois" crit. ed. C. Gossip (Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag, 2009)
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Icones historicae Veteris et Novi Testamenti : Figures historiques du V. et du N. Testament
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Sabine Haake, "Samuel Chappuzeau (1625–1701) : Leben und Werk", Thesis, Munich, 1973
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Nouveau recueil de comédies : représentées en divers temps sur les théâtres de Paris
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Translation into French of Hoffman's 'Lexicon Universalle', Widerhold, Geneva 1689
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Histoire des Joyaux, et des principales richesses de l'Orient & de l'Occident
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Nouveau Dictionnaire historique, géographique, chronologique & philologique
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L'Europe vivante ou relation nouvelle historique et politique de tous ses États
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Nouveau dictionnaire françois-aleman et aleman-françois qu’accompagne le latin
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L'Orateur chrétien, ou Traité de l'excellence et de la pratique de la chaire
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Relation de l'estat present de la maison électorale et de la cour de Bavière
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Chappuzeau also contributed to other works, such as the 1689 supplement to
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H.K. Eggers, Das altfranzösische Geschlecht Chappuzeau, 1880, updated 1968
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Here, he also married his first wife, Maria de la Sarraz, originally from
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Jetzlebenden Europa, ... (German version of L'Europe Vivante, 3 volumes)
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no doubt left him with a good understanding of the publishing business.
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Samuel Chappuzeau 1625–1701, a dissertation by Friedrich Meinel,
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Relation de l'estat present de la maison royale et de la cour de Savoye
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Stances sur les armes victorieuses de Monseigneur le duc d'Enguyen
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Entretiens familiers, pour l'instruction de la noblesse étrangère
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Entretiens familiers, pour l'instruction de la noblesse étrangère
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Lyon dans son lustre : discours divisé en deux parties
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Les Parfaits amis ou le Triomphe de l'amour et de l'amitié
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Damon et Pythias, ou le Triomphe de l'Amour et de l'Amitié
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comédie adaptée de celle de Plaute et représentée en 1662
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Le Colin-Maillard (Farce, English version Blindmans Buff)
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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:. 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