Jaques Benigne Bossuet, Oraisons funèbres [Funeral Orations]

James Coons (University of Wisconsin, Whitewater)

Ed. by Allison Stedman, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Kathrina LaPorta, New York University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.03: French Writing and Culture of the Seventeenth Century: Classical and Baroque, 1600-1700.
Vol. editors: Heather Kirk (University of Western Ontario), Kathrina LaPorta (New York University), Polly Mangerson (DePaul University), Julia Prest (University of St Andrews), Allison Stedman (University of North Carolina, Charlotte), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

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First circulation or publication c. 1650 - c. 1680

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France (Country of Origin)

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Religion and Spirituality (any)
- Religious writing

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Jacques-Benigne Bossuet's funerary orations epitomize many of the central features of

grand siècle

rhetoric, religiosity, morals, and politics. Bossuet delivered ten known eulogies across the central years of Louis XIV's reign, from the 1650s through the late 1680s: while working as a canon in Metz, he memorialized Yolande de Monterby (1655), Henri de Gornay (1658), François Bourgoing (1662), and Nicolas Cornet (1663), all regional or parochial religious figures of high regard. During the years of his first four orations, his fame as a preacher and defender of Catholic orthodoxy grew; he quickly earned attention from the royal court, and was appointed to the more prestigious Bishopric of Meaux. Thus, after 1669, his funeral orations were composed for an audience of royals, grandees, and…

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Citation: Coons, James. "Oraisons funèbres". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 06 February 2017 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35711, accessed 21 November 2024.]

Jaques Benigne Bossuet, Oraisons funèbres [Funeral Orations]

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