Paris 5e - collège de Boncourt - pavillons d'entrée

The Collège de Boncourt, in the (now)

5th arrondissement of Paris The 5th arrondissement of Paris (''Ve arrondissement'') is one of the 20 Arrondissements of Paris, arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''le cinquième''. The arrondissement, als ...

, rue Bordet or Bordeille (modern rue Descartes), was established in 1353 by Pierre Becoud (which became "Boncourt" by alteration)

History

During the 16th century,

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and

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were often performed on the site, particularly '' Cléopâtre captive'', a tragedy by

Étienne Jodelle Étienne Jodelle, seigneur de Limodin (1532July 1573), French dramatist and poet, was born in Paris of a noble family. He attached himself to the poetic circle of the Pléiade and proceeded to apply the principles of the reformers to dramatic ...

. Marc-Antoine Muret taught in the college.

Jacques Grévin Jacques Grévin (''c''. 1539 – 5 November 1570) was a French playwright. Grévin was born at Clermont, Oise in about 1539, and he studied medicine at the University of Paris. He became a disciple of Ronsard, and was one of the band of dramati ...

was a student here as well as Etienne Jodelle, Jean Bastier de La Péruse, Jean de La Taille and . : The college was once completely refurbished in 1688 by Pierre Galand, its principal. It was attached to the College de Navarre. Then, from 1738, a new pavilion took the place of the old college. From 1804 to 1976, the building housed the offices of the

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, then those of the

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Bibliography

* Henri Chamart, "Le Collège de Boncourt et les origines du théâtre classique", ''Mélanges offerts à M. Abel Lefranc'', Paris, Droz, 1936, p. 246-260. * ''Recueil des titres concernans l'union des collèges de Boncour et Tournay au collège royal de Navarre. Procez verbal du 31 aoust 1637''
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External links

Article sur la fondation du collège
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