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Portraits from the French Renaissance and the Wars of Religion
Available for the first time in English, these thirteen selections from André Thevet's Les vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres offer a glimpse of France during a time of great upheaval. Originally published in 1584, Thevet's collection contains over two hundred biographical sketches, detailing the lives of important persons from antiquity to the sixteenth century. Edward Benson and Roger Schlesinger have translated and annotated Thevet's portraits of his contemporaries, and divided them into three categories: monarchs, aristocrats, and scholars. Additionally, an extensive introduction places the work in context and describes the critical attention that Thevet and his writings have received. Together these portraits provide a history of sixteenth-century France as the country underwent tremendous change: from an intellectual renaissance and its first encounter with the New World to the Protestant Reformation and the Wars of Religion that followed. France was irrevocably altered by these events and Thevet's account of the lives of individuals who struggled with them is indispensable.
The Rabouin Family
A genealogy and a history of the Rabouin/Raboin families who are ancestors of Ovid Eli Robert, Jr. born 5 June 1891 in New Rochell, New York. His parents were Eli Ovide Robouin, who changed his name To Ovid Eli Roberts, and Helene Doyle. The ancestors came from Canada and France.
The Corriveau of America
Etienne Corriveau was born 16 January 1646 in Fonclaireau, France. His parents were François Corriveau and Marguerite Bernard. He married Catherine Bureau (1651-1707, daughter of Jacques Bureau and Marguerite Verrier, 28 October 1669 in Ste-Famille, Quebec. They had nine children. He died 19 October 1693 in St-Vallier, Quebec. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Quebec. Some descendants immigrated to the United States.
