Jean Garnier (grammarian)
Jean Garnier (* in the 16th century in Avignon ; † January 6, 1574 in Kassel ) was a French Protestant theologian , Romance scholar and grammarian .
life and work
Jean Garnier (Joannes Garnerius) was a Calvinist preacher from Avignon. In 1550 he became a French teacher for the Princes of Hesse and in 1560 he held a chair for theology at the University of Marburg . From 1562 to 1566 he was in Metz , then court preacher in Kassel until his death .
Garnier is best known for his Latin grammar of French, which was published in 1558 and which he wrote for the sons of Philip I , Louis IV and Philip II. It had several editions and was reissued in 2006 with a French translation.
Works
- Institutio gallicae linguae, in usum juventutis germanicae… authore Joan. Garnerio , Geneva 1558, reprint Geneva 1972; Geneva 1591 ( digitized version ); Geneva 1593 ( digitized version )
- Institution de la langue française , ed. by Alain Cullière, Paris 2006 (Latin and French)
literature
- Alain Cullière: Les Écrivains et le pouvoir en Lorraine au XVIe siècle , Paris 1999
- Alain Cullière: Jean Garnier versus Jean Pillot. Un regard sur la langue française dans l'Europe de la Renaissance , in: Patrimoine littéraire européen. Actes du colloque international de Namur (November 1998) . Brussels 2000, pp. 65-76
- Alain Cullière: Les querelles de Jean Garnier à Metz (1562-1566) , in: Mémoires de l'Académie nationale des Sciences, Arts et lettres de Metz 2002, pp. 247-264
- Karl Fröhlich: J. Garnier's “Institutio Gallicae linguae” (1558) and its adaptation by Morlet (1593) with consideration of simultaneous grammarians . (= Annual report of the Grand Ducal Realgymnasium in Eisenach, Easter 1895). Grand Ducal Realgymnasium, Eisenach 1895 ( digitized version )
- Thomas Nicklas: Repenser la politique , in: Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire du Protestantisme Français 153, 2007, pp. 165–178
Web links
- Literature by and about Jean Garnier in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Catalog of the BNF
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Garnier, Jean |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Garnerius, Joannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Protestant theologian, Romance scholar and grammarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 16th Century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Avignon |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1574 |
| Place of death | kassel |