Claude Fleury
Claude Fleury (born December 6, 1640 in Paris , † July 14, 1723 in Paris) was a French educator and church historian.
Fleury attended the Lycée Louis-le-Grand and appeared in 1658 as a parliamentary advocate, but studied theology from 1667 and became educator of the young princes of Conti in 1672 , then of Louis XIV's son, the Count of Vermandois, and finally in 1689 the second court master of the princes from Bourgogne, Anjou and Berry. Louis XV appointed him his confessor .
Because of his withdrawn life he was called the hermit at court .
Works
His main work is the history of the church: Histoire ecclésiastique (Paris 1691-1720, 20 vols.) Which reached until 1414 and was written by Jean Claude Fabre (Brussels 1726–40, 16 vols.) And by Alexandre Lacroix until 1778 (Paris 1776–87, 6th edition) Vol.), Of course not in Fleury's mind. Among his other writings are particularly noteworthy:
- Histoire du droit français (Paris 1674, new edition 1826) and
- Catéchisme historique (Paris 1679; re-edited by Laboulaye and Dareste, 1858, 2 vols.). The first of these works represents one of the most decisive manifestos of Episcopalian and Gallicanism ; with the second, Fleury became the forerunner of modern times religious instruction based on biblical history lessons. The Catéchisme historique is also significant as a historical theological draft .
literature
- Gaston Dartigues: Le Traité des études de l'abbé Claude Fleury. Examen historique et critique. Paris 1921.
- François Gaquère: La vie et les œuvres de Claude Fleury (1640-1723). Préface de SG Monseigneur Julien, evêque d'Arras, Paris 1925.
- Andreas Urs Sommer: Creation of meaning through history? On the emergence of a speculative-universalistic philosophy of history between Bayle and Kant. Basel 2006, pp. 86–97.
- Raymond E. Wanner; Claude Fleury (1640-1723) as an Educational Historiographer and Thinker. The Hague 1975.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Fleury, Claude. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 56.
Web links
- Works by and about Claude Fleury in the German Digital Library
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fleury, Claude |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French educator and church historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1640 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 14, 1723 |
| Place of death | Paris |