Jacques Basnage De Beauval (8 August 1653 – 22 December 1723) was a celebrated French Protestant divine, preacher, linguist, writer and man of affairs. He wrote a History of the Reformed Churches and on Jewish Antiquities.
Jacques Basnage was born at Rouen in Normandy, the eldest son of the eminent lawyer Henri Basnage de Franquesnay. He studied classical languages at Saumur and afterwards theology at Geneva. He was pastor at Rouen from 1676 till 1685, when, on the revocation of the edict of Nantes, he obtained leave of the king to retire to Holland. He settled at Rotterdam as a minister pensionary till 1691, when he was chosen pastor of the Walloon church.[1]
In 1709 the grand pensionary Anthonie Heinsius (1641–1720) secured his election as one of the pastors of the Walloon church at The Hague, intending to employ him mainly in civil affairs. Accordingly, he was engaged in a secret negotiation with Marshal d'Uxelles, plenipotentiary of France at the congress of Utrecht. He was then entrusted with several further important commissions.[1]
In 1716 Dubois, who was at the Hague at the instance of the regent Orleans, for the purpose of negotiating the Triple Alliance between France, Great Britain and Holland, sought the advice of Basnage, who, in spite of the fact that he had failed to receive permission to return to France on a short visit the year before, did his best to further the negotiations. The French government also turned to him for help in view of the threatened rising in the Cevennes.[1]
Basnage had welcomed the revival of the Protestant church by the zeal of Antoine Court. He assured the regent that no danger of active resistance was to be feared from it. True to the principles of Calvin, he denounced the rebellion of the Camisards in his Instructions pastorales aux Réformés de France sur l'obéissance due aux souverains (1720), which was printed by order of the court and scattered broadcast in the south of France.[1]
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His works include several dogmatic and polemical treatises, but the most important are the historical. Of these may be mentioned Histoire de la religion des églises reformées (Rotterdam, 1690), the Histoire de l'église depuis Jésus-Christ jusqu'à présent (ib. 1699)—both of them written from the point of view of Protestant polemics—and, of greater scientific value, the Histoire des Juifs (Rotterdam, 1706, Eng. trans. 1708) and the Antiquités judaiques ou remarques critiques sur la république des Hébreux (1713). He also wrote short explanatory introductions and notes to a collection of copper-plate engravings, much valued by connoisseurs, called Histoires du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament, représentées par des figures gravées en taille-douce par R. de Hooge (Amsterdam, 1704).[1]
^ abcdeOne or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Basnage, Jacques". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 484.
^"Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 2012-03-14.[permanent dead link]
jacques, basnage, beauval, august, 1653, december, 1723, celebrated, french, protestant, divine, preacher, linguist, writer, affairs, wrote, history, reformed, churches, jewish, antiquities, born, beauval8, august, 1653rouen, normandydied22, december, 1723nati. Jacques Basnage De Beauval 8 August 1653 22 December 1723 was a celebrated French Protestant divine preacher linguist writer and man of affairs He wrote a History of the Reformed Churches and on Jewish Antiquities Jacques BasnageBornJacques Basnage De Beauval8 August 1653Rouen in NormandyDied22 December 1723NationalityFrenchOccupationWriterParentHenri Basnage Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 3 References 4 External linksBiography editJacques Basnage was born at Rouen in Normandy the eldest son of the eminent lawyer Henri Basnage de Franquesnay He studied classical languages at Saumur and afterwards theology at Geneva He was pastor at Rouen from 1676 till 1685 when on the revocation of the edict of Nantes he obtained leave of the king to retire to Holland He settled at Rotterdam as a minister pensionary till 1691 when he was chosen pastor of the Walloon church 1 In 1709 the grand pensionary Anthonie Heinsius 1641 1720 secured his election as one of the pastors of the Walloon church at The Hague intending to employ him mainly in civil affairs Accordingly he was engaged in a secret negotiation with Marshal d Uxelles plenipotentiary of France at the congress of Utrecht He was then entrusted with several further important commissions 1 In 1716 Dubois who was at the Hague at the instance of the regent Orleans for the purpose of negotiating the Triple Alliance between France Great Britain and Holland sought the advice of Basnage who in spite of the fact that he had failed to receive permission to return to France on a short visit the year before did his best to further the negotiations The French government also turned to him for help in view of the threatened rising in the Cevennes 1 Basnage had welcomed the revival of the Protestant church by the zeal of Antoine Court He assured the regent that no danger of active resistance was to be feared from it True to the principles of Calvin he denounced the rebellion of the Camisards in his Instructions pastorales aux Reformes de France sur l obeissance due aux souverains 1720 which was printed by order of the court and scattered broadcast in the south of France 1 Works editHis works include several dogmatic and polemical treatises but the most important are the historical Of these may be mentioned Histoire de la religion des eglises reformees Rotterdam 1690 the Histoire de l eglise depuis Jesus Christ jusqu a present ib 1699 both of them written from the point of view of Protestant polemics and of greater scientific value the Histoire des Juifs Rotterdam 1706 Eng trans 1708 and the Antiquites judaiques ou remarques critiques sur la republique des Hebreux 1713 He also wrote short explanatory introductions and notes to a collection of copper plate engravings much valued by connoisseurs called Histoires du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament representees par des figures gravees en taille douce par R de Hooge Amsterdam 1704 1 He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1697 2 References edit a b c d e nbsp One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Basnage Jacques Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 3 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 484 Library and Archive Catalogue Royal Society Retrieved 2012 03 14 permanent dead link External links edit nbsp Wikisource has the text of the Nuttall Encyclopaedia article Basnages Jacques Works by Jacques Basnage at Post Reformation Digital Library Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jacques Basnage amp oldid 1184775910, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
