See also:

• JEAN

JEAN See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

LOUIS GUEZ DE See also:

• BALZAC, HONORS DE (1790-1850)
• JEAN LOUIS GUEZ DE BALZAC (1594-1654)

BALZAC (1594-1654)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French author, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Angou.leme in 1594 . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of eighteen he travelled in See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland with See also:

• THEOPHILE

Theophile de Viand, with whom he later exchanged See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter recriminations . He was See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early befriended by the duc d'See also:

• EPERNON

Epernon and his son See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis, See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal de la Valette, who took him to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . His letters written to his acquaintances and to many who held a high position at the French See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court gained for him a See also:

• GREAT

great reputation . Compliments were showered upon him, he became an habitue of the Hotel de See also:

• RAMBOUILLET
• RAMBOUILLET, CATHERINE DE VIVONNE, MARQUISE DE (1588-1665)

Rambouillet, and his See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head appears to have been turned a little by his success . See also:

• RICHELIEU, ARMAND EMMANUEL SOPHIE SEPTEMANIE DU PLESSIS
• RICHELIEU, ARMAND JEAN DU PLESSIS
• RICHELIEU, LOUIS FRANCOIS ARMAND DU PLESSIS

Richelieu was lavish of praise and promises, but never offered See also:

• BALZAC, HONORS DE (1790-1850)
• BALZAC, JEAN LOUIS GUEZ DE (1594-1654)

Balzac the preferment he expected . In 1624 a collection of his Lettres was published, and was received with great favour . From the See also:

• CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

chateau of Balzac, whither he had retired, he continued to correspond with See also:

• JEAN

Jean See also:

• CHAPELAIN, JEAN (1595-1674)

Chapelain, Valentin See also:

• CONRART (or CONRARD), VALENTIN (1603-1675)

Conrart and others . In 1634 he was elected to the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy . He died at See also:

• ANGOULEME
• ANGOULEME, CHARLES DE VALOIS, DUKE OF (1573-1650)

Angouleme on the 18th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1654 . His fame rests chiefly upon the Lettres, a second collection of which appeared in 1636 . Recueil de nouvelles lettres was printed in the next See also:

• YEAR

year .

His letters, though empty and affected in See also:

• MATTER

matter, show a real mastery of See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, introducing a new clearness and precision into French See also:

• PROSE

prose and encouraging the development of the See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language on See also:

• NATIONAL

national lines by emphasizing its most idiomatic elements . Balzac has thus the See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit of executing in French prose a reform parallel to Maiherbe's in See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse . In 163r he published an eulogy of Louis XIII. entitled Le See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince; in 1652 the Socrate chretien, the best of his longer See also:

• WORKS

works; Aristippe ou de la Cour in 1658; and several See also:

• DISSERTATIONS

dissertations on style . His Euvres were collected (2 vols.) in 1665 by See also:

• VALENTINE, or VALENTINUS

Valentine Conrart . There are numerous See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations from Balzac, dating from the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century .