Solitaires of Port-Royal

During the 17th century, the Solitaires were Frenchmen who chose to live a humble and ascetic life in retreat at Port-Royal-des-Champs.[1] One of the most typical movements of 17th century France, it was closely linked to Jansenism.[2]

Often from noble or bourgeois families, the Solitaires set up house at the monastery of Port-Royal des Champs, where nuns founded the monastery of Port-Royal de Paris then in the farm of Les Granges, on the nuns' return.[3] The Solitaires divided their life up between manual work (agriculture, gardening, drainage, etc.) and intellectual work, producing many works on theology, patristics, paedagogy and so on. They also founded Port-Royal's Petites écoles, which proved very innovative in its teaching methods.[4]

Notable Solitaires

References

  1. ^ Pascal, Pierre (1941). "L'abbé de Saint-Cyran, les Chartreux et les solitaires de Port-Royal". Revue Historique. 191 (1): 232–48.
  2. ^ Nicole, Pierre; Watkins, Daniel J. (2024). "Pierre Nicole on Enduring Persecution". In Blanchard, Shaun; Yoder, Richard T. (eds.). Jansenism: An International Anthology. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press. p. 160. JSTOR jj.18473029.13 – via JSTOR.
  3. ^ Kostroun, Daniella. "A Formula for Disobedience: Jansenism, Gender, and the Feminist Paradox". The Journal of Modern History. 75 (3): 483–522.
  4. ^ Conley, John J. (2009). "Introduction: A Convent Philosophy". Adoration and Annihilation: The Convent Philosophy of Port-Royal. University of Notre Dame Press – via JSTOR.
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