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He was the son of Louis Bonivard, Seigneur de Lunes, and was born at [[Seyssel]] into an old family of [[Savoy]]. He was educated by various monks under the jurisdiction of his uncle, Jean-Aimé de Bonivard, who was [[prior]] of St.-Victor, a [[monastery]] just outside the walls of [[Geneva]]. At the age of seven, Bonivard was sent to study at [[Pinerolo]], Italy; for most of his youth, he reportedly preferred amusements to learning.<ref name= "Amstel" /> He attended the [[University of Turin]] and, on his uncle's death, succeeded him at St.-Victor in 1510.<ref name= "Cyclo">{{cite book |last= McClintock |first= John |coauthor= James Strong |title= Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, Volume 11 |location= New York |publisher= Harper & Brothers |date= 1889 |page= 555 |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=THZPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA555&lpg=PA555&dq=fran%C3%A7ois+bonivard+turin+1510&source=bl&ots=uSFkvh_kga&sig=mq_To_9FZAOmCdTPd43E6sStfN4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=OwhgUK6qOo289gSg7IAQ&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=fran%C3%A7ois%20bonivard%20turin%201510&f=false}}</ref> |
He was the son of Louis Bonivard, Seigneur de Lunes, and was born at [[Seyssel]] into an old family of [[Savoy]]. He was educated by various monks under the jurisdiction of his uncle, Jean-Aimé de Bonivard, who was [[prior]] of St.-Victor, a [[monastery]] just outside the walls of [[Geneva]]. At the age of seven, Bonivard was sent to study at [[Pinerolo]], Italy; for most of his youth, he reportedly preferred amusements to learning.<ref name= "Amstel" /> He attended the [[University of Turin]] and, on his uncle's death, succeeded him at St.-Victor in 1510.<ref name= "Cyclo">{{cite book |last= McClintock |first= John |coauthor= James Strong |title= Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, Volume 11 |location= New York |publisher= Harper & Brothers |date= 1889 |page= 555 |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=THZPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA555&lpg=PA555&dq=fran%C3%A7ois+bonivard+turin+1510&source=bl&ots=uSFkvh_kga&sig=mq_To_9FZAOmCdTPd43E6sStfN4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=OwhgUK6qOo289gSg7IAQ&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=fran%C3%A7ois%20bonivard%20turin%201510&f=false}}</ref> |
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After [[Charles III, Duke of Savoy]] seized the Bonivards' property except for the priory, Bonivard sided with the patriots of Geneva who opposed the Savoy efforts to control the region. In 1519 he fled Geneva, disguised as a monk, upon news that the Duke was approaching. He was cozened by friends, the Lord of Varuz and the Abbot of Montheron of the Pays de Vaud, who betrayed him.<ref name= "Chr">{{cite journal |last= Bacon |first= Leonard Woolsey |title= The Real Prisoner of Chillon: A Curious Episode in Ecclesiastical History |journal= Christian Literature |volume= 12 |number= 6 |date= April 1895 |location= England |publisher= Lightning Source |date= 2012 |page= 316 |isbn= 1-278-82967-9 |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=LOXbAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA316&lpg=PA316&dq=bonivard+chaponniere&source=bl&ots=NFM3cDxrNg&sig=5OrWIa0Cqu82x5rVo1qd9Iy7YTA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KxVgUN6MG4vm8gTPvoGQBg&ved=0CFsQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=bonivard%20chaponniere&f=false}}</ref> They turned him over to the Duke, who imprisoned him at [[Grolée]], one of his castles on the [[Rhone]], from 1519 to 1521. The Abbot of Montheron was given the monastery St.-Victor, but he was evidently poisoned by friends of Bonivard, who also worked to release him from prison.<ref name= "Chr" /> |
After [[Charles III, Duke of Savoy]] seized the Bonivards' property except for the priory, Bonivard sided with the patriots of Geneva who opposed the Savoy efforts to control the region. In 1519 he fled Geneva, disguised as a monk, upon news that the Duke was approaching. He was cozened by friends, the Lord of Varuz and a monk named Brisset, the Abbot of Montheron of the Pays de Vaud, who betrayed him.<ref name= "Chr">{{cite journal |last= Bacon |first= Leonard Woolsey |title= The Real Prisoner of Chillon: A Curious Episode in Ecclesiastical History |journal= Christian Literature |volume= 12 |number= 6 |date= April 1895 |location= England |publisher= Lightning Source |date= 2012 |page= 316 |isbn= 1-278-82967-9 |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=LOXbAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA316&lpg=PA316&dq=bonivard+chaponniere&source=bl&ots=NFM3cDxrNg&sig=5OrWIa0Cqu82x5rVo1qd9Iy7YTA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KxVgUN6MG4vm8gTPvoGQBg&ved=0CFsQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=bonivard%20chaponniere&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Spon |first= Jacob |title= The History of the City and State of Geneva |location= London|publisher= Bernard White |date= 1687 |pages= 67}}</ref> They turned him over to the Duke, who imprisoned him at [[Grolée]], one of his castles on the [[Rhone]], from 1519 to 1521. The Abbot of Montheron was given the monastery St.-Victor, but he was evidently poisoned by friends of Bonivard, who also worked to release him from prison.<ref name= "Chr" /> Bonivard returned to the priory in 1527. |
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The experience was not much of a deterrent; Bonivard continued his political activism. In 1530, he was set upon by Duke's men when he thought he could spend a safe night in [[Moudon]], and he was again handed over to the Duke of Savoy. The Duke imprisoned him again, this time underground in the [[Château de Chillon|Castle of Chillon]]. Bonivard was released by the [[Bern]]ese when they conquered [[Vaud]] in 1536. His priory had meanwhile been razed, but Geneva awarded him a pension. He was made ''bourgeois'' of Geneva in 1537, a position he felt compelled to renounce due to his precarious finances.<ref name= "Reg">{{cite book |last= Kingdon |first= Robert M |coauthors= Thomas Lambert, Isabella M. Watt |title= Registers of the Consistory of Geneva in the Time of Calvin, Volume 1; Volumes 1542-1544 |location= Grand Rapids |publisher= Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |date= 2000 |page= 299 |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=3fNu22ed8NQC&pg=PA299&lpg=PA299&dq=%22francois+bonivard%22+married&source=bl&ots=HP3s9pjUhW&sig=m64B8Ghr_hXi0tG3lwmdFWBm9U4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vBBgUM_DD4nO9ATMj4HgBA&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22francois%20bonivard%22%20married&f=false}}</ref> THe Genevese also awarded him a seat on the Council of Two Hundred in 1537<ref name= "Cyclo" />, which granted him a salary. He lived chiefly in Bern and [[Lausanne]] after 1538, but returned to Geneva permanently in 1544. |
The experience was not much of a deterrent; Bonivard continued his political activism. In 1530, he was set upon by Duke's men when he thought he could spend a safe night in [[Moudon]], and he was again handed over to the Duke of Savoy. The Duke imprisoned him again, this time underground in the [[Château de Chillon|Castle of Chillon]]. Bonivard was released by the [[Bern]]ese when they conquered [[Vaud]] in 1536. His priory had meanwhile been razed, but Geneva awarded him a pension. He was made ''bourgeois'' of Geneva in 1537, a position he felt compelled to renounce due to his precarious finances.<ref name= "Reg">{{cite book |last= Kingdon |first= Robert M |coauthors= Thomas Lambert, Isabella M. Watt |title= Registers of the Consistory of Geneva in the Time of Calvin, Volume 1; Volumes 1542-1544 |location= Grand Rapids |publisher= Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |date= 2000 |page= 299 |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=3fNu22ed8NQC&pg=PA299&lpg=PA299&dq=%22francois+bonivard%22+married&source=bl&ots=HP3s9pjUhW&sig=m64B8Ghr_hXi0tG3lwmdFWBm9U4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vBBgUM_DD4nO9ATMj4HgBA&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22francois%20bonivard%22%20married&f=false}}</ref> THe Genevese also awarded him a seat on the Council of Two Hundred in 1537<ref name= "Cyclo" />, which granted him a salary. He lived chiefly in Bern and [[Lausanne]] after 1538, but returned to Geneva permanently in 1544. |
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Bonivard was married four times; the first marriage was to Catherine Baumgartner, perhaps in 1842, which appears to have ended in 1843<ref name= "Reg" /> upon her death.<ref name= "Amstel" /> He was next married to Jeanne Darmeis, the widow of Pierre Corne, from 1544 until her death in 1552; they "lived very little and very badly together."<ref name= "Reg" /> |
Bonivard was married four times; the first marriage was to Catherine Baumgartner, perhaps in 1842, which appears to have ended in 1843<ref name= "Reg" /> upon her death.<ref name= "Amstel" /> He was next married to Jeanne Darmeis, the widow of Pierre Corne, from 1544 until her death in 1552; they "lived very little and very badly together."<ref name= "Reg" /> |
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He is said to have been perpetually in debt.<ref name= "Amstel" /> |
He is said to have been perpetually in debt, due to his extravagant life-style.<ref name= "Amstel" /><ref>{{cite book |last= Naphy |first= William G. |title= Calvin and the Consolidation of the Genevan Reformation |location= Westminster |publisher= John Knox Press|date= 1994 |page= 220}}</ref> |
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In 1542, he was entrusted with compiling a history of Geneva from its beginning, and |
In 1542, he was entrusted with compiling a history of Geneva from its beginning, and wrote that story to the date of 1530 before he died. The manuscript of ''Chroniqves de Genève''<ref>{{cite book |last= Bonivard |first= François |title= Chroniqves de Genève |location= Genève |publisher= J.G. Fick |date= 1867 |url= http://books.google.com/books/about/Chroniqves_de_Gen%C3%A8ve.html?id=fBpXAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> (''Chroniques de Genève'') was sent to [[John Calvin]] for correction in 1551, but not actually published until 1831.<ref name= "Cyclo" /> It is not a highly regarded work, being both biased and uncritical. In his later years, he enlisted the help of [[Antoine Froment]] to help with the chronicle. |
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Other published works include ''Advis et Devis de la Source de l'Idolatrie et Tryannie Papale'', ''Advis et Devis de Langues'' (1563), and ''Advis et Devis sur l'Ancienne et Nouvelle Police de Genève''. |
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In 1551, he donated his considerable library to the public. He left everything to the city of Geneva in his will. His exact date of death is not known because of a gap in the death records of the city. |
In 1551, he donated his considerable library to the public. He left everything to the city of Geneva in his will. His exact date of death is not known because of a gap in the death records of the city. |
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François Bonivard (or Bonnivard) (1493–1570)[1][2] was a Swiss patriot, ecclesiastic and historian whose life was the inspiration for Lord Byron's 1816 poem The Prisoner of Chillon. He was a partisan of the Protestant Reformation.
He was the son of Louis Bonivard, Seigneur de Lunes, and was born at Seyssel into an old family of Savoy. He was educated by various monks under the jurisdiction of his uncle, Jean-Aimé de Bonivard, who was prior of St.-Victor, a monastery just outside the walls of Geneva. At the age of seven, Bonivard was sent to study at Pinerolo, Italy; for most of his youth, he reportedly preferred amusements to learning.[2] He attended the University of Turin and, on his uncle's death, succeeded him at St.-Victor in 1510.[3]
After Charles III, Duke of Savoy seized the Bonivards' property except for the priory, Bonivard sided with the patriots of Geneva who opposed the Savoy efforts to control the region. In 1519 he fled Geneva, disguised as a monk, upon news that the Duke was approaching. He was cozened by friends, the Lord of Varuz and a monk named Brisset, the Abbot of Montheron of the Pays de Vaud, who betrayed him.[4][5] They turned him over to the Duke, who imprisoned him at Grolée, one of his castles on the Rhone, from 1519 to 1521. The Abbot of Montheron was given the monastery St.-Victor, but he was evidently poisoned by friends of Bonivard, who also worked to release him from prison.[4] Bonivard returned to the priory in 1527.
The experience was not much of a deterrent; Bonivard continued his political activism. In 1530, he was set upon by Duke's men when he thought he could spend a safe night in Moudon, and he was again handed over to the Duke of Savoy. The Duke imprisoned him again, this time underground in the Castle of Chillon. Bonivard was released by the Bernese when they conquered Vaud in 1536. His priory had meanwhile been razed, but Geneva awarded him a pension. He was made bourgeois of Geneva in 1537, a position he felt compelled to renounce due to his precarious finances.[6] THe Genevese also awarded him a seat on the Council of Two Hundred in 1537[3], which granted him a salary. He lived chiefly in Bern and Lausanne after 1538, but returned to Geneva permanently in 1544.
Bonivard was married four times; the first marriage was to Catherine Baumgartner, perhaps in 1842, which appears to have ended in 1843[6] upon her death.[2] He was next married to Jeanne Darmeis, the widow of Pierre Corne, from 1544 until her death in 1552; they "lived very little and very badly together."[6]
He is said to have been perpetually in debt, due to his extravagant life-style.[2][7]
In 1542, he was entrusted with compiling a history of Geneva from its beginning, and wrote that story to the date of 1530 before he died. The manuscript of Chroniqves de Genève[8] (Chroniques de Genève) was sent to John Calvin for correction in 1551, but not actually published until 1831.[3] It is not a highly regarded work, being both biased and uncritical. In his later years, he enlisted the help of Antoine Froment to help with the chronicle.
Other published works include Advis et Devis de la Source de l'Idolatrie et Tryannie Papale, Advis et Devis de Langues (1563), and Advis et Devis sur l'Ancienne et Nouvelle Police de Genève.
In 1551, he donated his considerable library to the public. He left everything to the city of Geneva in his will. His exact date of death is not known because of a gap in the death records of the city.
References
- ^ "Bonivard, François, 1493-1570". Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- ^ a b c d Amstel (Madame the Baronne), Adrienne van (1900). James Knowles (ed.). "The True Story of the Prisoner of Chillon". The Nineteenth Century: A Monthly Review. 47. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company: 821–829. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- ^ a b c McClintock, John (1889). Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, Volume 11. New York: Harper & Brothers. p. 555.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthor=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Bacon, Leonard Woolsey (2012). "The Real Prisoner of Chillon: A Curious Episode in Ecclesiastical History". Christian Literature. 12 (6). England: Lightning Source: 316. ISBN 1-278-82967-9.
- ^ Spon, Jacob (1687). The History of the City and State of Geneva. London: Bernard White. p. 67.
- ^ a b c Kingdon, Robert M (2000). Registers of the Consistory of Geneva in the Time of Calvin, Volume 1; Volumes 1542-1544. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 299.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Naphy, William G. (1994). Calvin and the Consolidation of the Genevan Reformation. Westminster: John Knox Press. p. 220.
- ^ Bonivard, François (1867). Chroniqves de Genève. Genève: J.G. Fick.