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Robert Gaguin (older spelling: ''Robert Guaguin''; winter of 1433/34 – May 22, 1501) was a noted French Renaissance humanist and philosopher; he was minister general of the Trinitarian Order.

Biography

He was born at Calonne-sur-la-Lys near

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in what was the

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and the

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. He and his brother Christophe lost their father at an early age, and his mother placed him in the Trinitarian convent of Préavin, where he began his studies. He later attended the

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. He was an influential humanist who was a friend of Publio Fausto Andrelini from

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, an associate of

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and a student of Gregory Tifernas.Encyclopædia Britannica, ''Humanism, The French humanists'', 2008 O.Ed. In his later years, he published a reformation of the statues of the Trinitarian Order on August 30, 1497. He died in Paris on May 22, 1501, at the age of 67, and was interred at the church of the convent of the Trinitarians. He also translated several works from

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, including Caesar's ''

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'', which was published in

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in 1485 by Antoine Vérard; works from the third decade of

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; and

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's ''Conseils prouffitables contre les ennuis et tribulations du monde'' in 1498. He translated Alain Chartier's ''Curial'' into Latin from Middle French in 1473.

Works

*''Epistole et orationes'' *''Rerum gallicarum annales'', History of France *Chronicle of the General Ministers of the Order of the Holy Trinity.

References

Bibliography

*Louis Thuasne (ed.), ''Roberti Gaguini Epistole et orationes'', Paris, Bibliothèque littéraire de la Renaissance, Émile Bouillon, 1903 *Sylvie Charrier, ''Recherches sur l'oeuvre latine en prose de Robert Gaguin (1433-1501)'', Paris, H. Champion, 1996. *Franck Collard, ''Un historien au travail à la fin du XVe siècle: Robert Gaguin'', Geneva, Droz (Travaux d'humanisme et Renaissance, CCCI), 1996.

External links

Robert Gaguin at the Encyclopédie Universalis
French Renaissance humanists 1433 births 1501 deaths French male non-fiction writers Trinitarians {{France-philosopher-stub

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