Philippe de La Canaye, sieur de Fresnes (1551–27 February 1610) was a French jurist and diplomat.

Life

He was born in Paris, son of an advocate of the Parlement; he was brought up liberally and allowed to choose his beliefs, which became

Calvinist Calvinism (also called the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Ca ...

. He travelled aged 15 in Germany and Italy and to

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. He then took up the law and became prominent at the bar of the Parlement. Under Henry III of France he purchased a position as councillor. Henry IV sent him as ambassador to England (1586), Switzerland (1588) and to Germany. He was président de la chambre at

Castres Castres (; ''Castras'' in the Languedocian dialect of Occitan) is the sole subprefecture of the Tarn department in the Occitanie region in Southern France. It lies in the former province of Languedoc, although not in the former region of Lan ...

in 1595; and in 1600 Henry IV made him arbiter at the Fontainebleau conferences between Cardinal Jacques Du Perron for the Catholics, and Philippe Duplessis-Mornay for the Protestants. He became a Catholic convert in 1601. From 1602 he was ambassador at

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; at the time of the

Venetian Interdict The Venetian Interdict of 1606 and 1607 was the expression in terms of canon law, by means of a papal interdict, of a diplomatic quarrel and confrontation between the Papal Curia and the Republic of Venice, taking place in the period from 1605 to 1 ...

he skilfully resolved differences of the Republic with

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, who showed gratitude. He died in Paris.

Works

He left an account of his embassies, memoirs (1635), and a work on the ''

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'' of

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(1589). * ''Extrait des Lettres et ambassade'', t. 3, livre 5, Paris, Étienne Richer, 1636 * ''Lettres et ambassade de messire Philippe Canaye, seigneur de Fresne,... avec un sommaire de sa vie, et un récit particulier du procès criminel fait au maréchal de Biron'', Paris, E. Richer, 1635-1636 * ''L’Organe, c’est-à-dire l'instrument du discours, divisé en deux parties, sçavoir est, l’analytique, pour discourir véritablement, et la dialectique, pour discourir probablement. Le tout puisé de l'″Organe″ d'Aristote'', Genève,

Jean de Tournes Jean de Tournes (1504 – 1564) was a French printer, book publisher and bookseller, and the founder of a long-lasting family printing business. From 1559 he was the , printer to the French king. Life Jean de Tournes was born in Lyon in ...

, 1589 * ''Remonstrances et discours faicts et prononcez en la Cour et Chambre de l'édict establie à Castres d'Albigeois, pour le ressort de la Cour de Parlement de Tholose, par messire Philippe Canaye, seigneur de Fresnes,... et président en laditte Cour'', Paris, J. Périer, 1598 * ''Le Voyage du Levant : de Venise à Constantinople, l’émerveillement d’un jeune humaniste (1573)'', translation with notes by

Henri Hauser Henri Hauser (19 July 1866 – 27 May 1946) was a French historian, geographer, and economist. A pioneer in the study of the economic history of the early modern period, he also wrote on contemporary economic issues and held the first chair in e ...

, Ferrières, Éd. de Poliphile, 1986

References

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