Renaissance humanist
Renaissance humanism was a revival in the study of classical antiquity, at first in Italy and then spreading across Western Europe in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. During the period, the term ''humanist'' ( it, umanista) referred to teache ...
, known as a classical scholar, translator and antiquary.
Life
Vinet was born at Vinets, in the commune of
Saint Médard
Saint Medardus or St Medard (French (language), French: ''Médard'' or ''Méard'') (ca. 456–545) was the Ancient Diocese of Noyon, Bishop of Noyon. He moved the seat of the diocese from Vermand to Noviomagus Veromanduorum (modern Noyon) in no ...
, near
Barbezieux
Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire () is a commune in the Charente department, Southwestern France. The commune was formed in 1973 by the merger of the former communes Barbezieux and Saint-Hilaire.Charente. Brought up at Barbezieux, he studied at Angoulême, then at Poitiers, where he graduated M.A. At the court of
Cognac
Cognac ( , also , ) is a variety of brandy named after the commune of Cognac, France. It is produced in the surrounding wine-growing region in the departments of Charente and Charente-Maritime.
Cognac production falls under French appella ...
princess
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Princess as a subs ...
of France and future
Queen
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Monarchy
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* Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king
* Queen dowager, the widow of a king
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Paris
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to master
Greek
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André de Gouveia
André de Gouveia (1497 – 9 June 1548) was a Portuguese humanist and pedagogue during the Renaissance.
Biography
André de Gouveia became one of the first Portuguese to study in the Collège Sainte-Barbe, in Paris, which was then directed ...
invited Vinet to become regent at the Collège de Guyenne, founded in 1533 in
Bordeaux
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. Leaving aside some travels to
Coimbra
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The fourth-largest urban area in Portugal after Lisbon, Porto, and Braga, it is the largest cit ...
and Paris, he taught there until his death; during much of his time he was principal of the college. He formed its teaching and discipline.
Joseph Juste Scaliger was one of his pupils, and he kept up a correspondence with numerous scholars which survives through letters exchanged with Pierre Daniel of
Orléans
Orléans (;"Orleans" (US) and Eginhard
Einhard (also Eginhard or Einhart; la, E(g)inhardus; 775 – 14 March 840) was a Frankish scholar and courtier. Einhard was a dedicated servant of Charlemagne and his son Louis the Pious; his main work is a biography of Charlemagne, the ''Vita ...
. He worked on the Roman remains at Bordeaux, making attempts at reconstruction. He wrote
*''L'Antiquité de Bordeaux et celle d'Angoulême'' (1567);
*''L'Antiquité de Saintes et de Barbezieux'' (1568); and
*''L'Antiquité de Bourdeaus et de Bourg présentée au Roi Charles neufiesme'' (1574).
His many translations included
Ausonius
Decimius Magnus Ausonius (; – c. 395) was a Roman poet and teacher of rhetoric from Burdigala in Aquitaine, modern Bordeaux, France. For a time he was tutor to the future emperor Gratian, who afterwards bestowed the consulship on him ...
et
Catullus
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. He commented on the ''De die natali'' of
Censorinus
Censorinus was a Roman grammarian and miscellaneous writer from the 3rd century AD.
Biography
He was the author of a lost work ''De Accentibus'' and of an extant treatise ''De Die Natali'', written in 238, and dedicated to his patron Quintus ...
. His other interests covered science, in particular sundials, and he wrote a work ''La Manière de faire le solaire que communément on appelle cadrans''.