René Bary (died in 1680) was a French

historiographer Historiography is the study of the methods used by historians in developing history as an academic discipline. By extension, the term "historiography" is any body of historical work on a particular subject. The historiography of a specific to ...

and

rhetorician Rhetoric is the art of persuasion. It is one of the three ancient arts of discourse (trivium) along with grammar and logic/dialectic. As an academic discipline within the humanities, rhetoric aims to study the techniques that speakers or write ...

author of ''La Rhétorique française où pour principale augmentation l'on trouve les secrets de nostre langue'' published in Paris (1653) for the female audience of the

précieuses The ''Précieuses'' ( , i.e. "preciousness") was a 17th-century French literary style and movement. The main features of this style are the refined language of aristocratic salons, periphrases, hyperbole, and puns on the theme of gallant l ...

. He wrote many books to speak well and also ''La Défense de la jalousie'' in 1642.

Publications (selection)

*1642: ''La Défense de la jalousie'' *1653
''La Rhétorique française où pour principale augmentation l'on trouve les secrets de nostre langue''
*1658
''Actions publiques sur la rhétorique françoise''
*1660
''La fine philosophie, accommodée à l'intelligence des dames''
*1662
''L'esprit de cour, ou Les conversations galantes, divisées en cent dialogues... par René Bary''
*1679
''Méthode pour bien prononcer un discours et pour le bien animer...''

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