Philippe Canaye
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Philippe de La Canaye, sieur de Fresnes (1551–25 February 1610) was a French jurist and diplomat.
; he was brought up liberally and allowed to choose his beliefs, which became Calvinist. He travelled aged 15 in Germany and Italy and to Constantinople
. 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 ambassadeor to England (1586), Switzerland (1588) and to Germany.
He was président de la chambre at Castres
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 Venice
; at the time of the Venetian Interdict
he skilfully resolved differences of the Republic with Pope Paul V
, who showed gratitude. He died in Paris.
of Aristotle
(1589).
Life
He was born in Paris, son of an advocate of the ParlementParlement
Parlements were regional legislative bodies in Ancien Régime France.The political institutions of the Parlement in Ancien Régime France developed out of the previous council of the king, the Conseil du roi or curia regis, and consequently had ancient and customary rights of consultation and...
; he was brought up liberally and allowed to choose his beliefs, which became Calvinist. He travelled aged 15 in Germany and Italy and to Constantinople
Constantinople
Constantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...
. He then took up the law and became prominent at the bar of the Parlement.
Under Henry III of France
Henry III of France
Henry III was King of France from 1574 to 1589. As Henry of Valois, he was the first elected monarch of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with the dual titles of King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1573 to 1575.-Childhood:Henry was born at the Royal Château de Fontainebleau,...
he purchased a position as councillor. Henry IV
Henry IV of France
Henry IV , Henri-Quatre, was King of France from 1589 to 1610 and King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610. He was the first monarch of the Bourbon branch of the Capetian dynasty in France....
sent him as ambassadeor to England (1586), Switzerland (1588) and to Germany.
He was président de la chambre at Castres
Castres
Castres is a commune, and arrondissement capital in the Tarn department and Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France. It lies in the former French province of Languedoc....
in 1595; and in 1600 Henry IV made him arbiter at the Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located south-southeast of the centre of Paris. Fontainebleau is a sub-prefecture of the Seine-et-Marne department, and it is the seat of the arrondissement of 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 Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
; at the time of the Venetian Interdict
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 1607...
he skilfully resolved differences of the Republic with Pope Paul V
Pope Paul V
-Theology:Paul met with Galileo Galilei in 1616 after Cardinal Bellarmine had, on his orders, warned Galileo not to hold or defend the heliocentric ideas of Copernicus. Whether there was also an order not to teach those ideas in any way has been a matter for controversy...
, who showed gratitude. He died in Paris.
Works
He left an account of his embassies, memoirs (1635), and a work on the OrganonOrganon
The Organon is the name given by Aristotle's followers, the Peripatetics, to the standard collection of his six works on logic:* Categories* On Interpretation* Prior Analytics* Posterior Analytics...
of Aristotle
Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology...
(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, 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 H. Hauser, Ferrières, Éd. de Poliphile, 1986 ISBN 2868880096