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Jean de Serres (1540-1598) was a Calvinist pastor, humanist, poet, controversialist, and French historian.〔Charles Dardier, ''Jean de Serres, historiographe du roi'', in ''Revue historique'', XXII et XXIII, 1883, esp. p. 292.〕 His complete translation of Plato appeared in the famous 1578 edition published by Henri Estienne, which is the source of the standard 'Stephanus numbers' still used by scholars to refer to Plato's works. In 1596, de Serres was appointed 'Historian of France' by King Henry IV. His posthumously published ''History of France'' was an 'immense success' and was not superseded for almost a century.〔For references, see below.〕 de Serres was also known in Latin as ''Joannes Serranus''. == Early life == He was born at Villeneuve-de-Berg, France, in a Calvinist family. His mother was Louise de Léris (or Lheris). He was the brother of the celebrated agriculturalist Olivier de Serres and of another brother Raymond. Jean de Serres married a daughter of Pierre Godary and Bernardine Richier named Marguerite on April 25, 1569. The bride's family were French Protestent refugees from Lorraine living, like de Serres, in Switzerland. The marriage produced nine children.〔Dardier, p. 298 ff.〕 At about the age of 13, de Serres escaped from France into Switzerland to avoid the persecutions and massacres of Protestants that preceded the French Wars of Religion (1562–98).〔Dardier, p. 295.〕 He studied classical literature at the Académie de Lausanne (now the University of Lausanne) in Switzerland from 1557 to 1559, and then theology at the Académie de Genève (now the University of Geneva) until 1566. He was a member of the first class to attend this school, which was founded by Calvin himself. He was next a pastor at the Reformed Church of Jussy. In 1569-71, de Serres began publishing his ''Commentaries on the State of Religion and the Republic in the Kingdom of France,'' which described the recent massacres and civil war in France. It was written in Latin to appeal to a European-wide audience and was extended and reprinted many times.〔Dardier, p. 301 ff.〕 According to de Serres, the Queen, Catherine de' Medici, had long plotted the destruction of Protestantism, and the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of 1572 was only the culmination of her plans.〔Dardier, p. 309 ff.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jean de Serres」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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