Port-Royal Solitaries

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Catholic reform movement group of scholars religious community

The Port-Royal Solitaries were a group of 17th-century French religious recluses and scholars linked to Jansenism, renowned for their austere piety, educational reforms, and influential theological and philosophical writings.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Port-Royal theologians 2
Port-Royal Solitaries canonical 1
Port-Royal community 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic reform movement ⓘ
group of scholars ⓘ
religious community ⓘ
activeInCentury 17th century ⓘ
associatedWith Augustinus (work by Cornelius Jansen) ⓘ
Jansenism ⓘ
surface form: Jansenist controversy

Port-Royal-des-Champs Abbey ⓘ
closelyAssociatedPerson Mother Angélique Arnauld ⓘ
surface form: Angélique Arnauld

Blaise Pascal ⓘ
country France ⓘ
developed Port-Royal de Paris ⓘ
surface form: Petites écoles de Port-Royal
emphasized moral formation in education ⓘ
rigorous grammar instruction ⓘ
teaching in French rather than Latin for beginners ⓘ
influenced French Catholic spirituality ⓘ
French classical literature ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
pedagogy ⓘ
inspiredBy Augustinian theology ⓘ
inspiredWork Lettres provinciales ⓘ
surface form: Lettres provinciales by Blaise Pascal
knownFor Port-Royal Grammar ⓘ
surface form: Port-Royal educational method

austere piety ⓘ
educational reforms ⓘ
moral rigorism ⓘ
philosophical writings ⓘ
theological writings ⓘ
languageOfWritings French ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
legacy influence on Enlightenment debates about reason and faith ⓘ
long-term impact on French education ⓘ
locatedNear Chevreuse Valley ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
member Antoine Arnauld ⓘ
Antoine Le Maistre NERFINISHED ⓘ
Claude Lancelot ⓘ
Jean Hamon ⓘ
Pierre Nicole ⓘ
opposedBy French monarchy ⓘ
Roman Curia ⓘ
Society of Jesus ⓘ
opposedDoctrine Jesuit casuistry ⓘ
persecutedUnder Louis XIV of France ⓘ
surface form: Louis XIV
producedWork Grammaire générale et raisonnée ⓘ
surface form: Grammaire générale et raisonnée (Port-Royal Grammar)

Logique ou l’art de penser ⓘ
surface form: Logique ou l’art de penser (Port-Royal Logic)
relatedEvent destruction of Port-Royal-des-Champs (1709–1710) ⓘ
religiousOrder Cistercians ⓘ
surface form: Cistercian (context of Port-Royal Abbey)
religiousTradition Jansenism ⓘ
theologicalPosition emphasis on divine grace ⓘ
pessimistic view of human nature ⓘ
strict moral discipline ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jansenist abbey of Port-Royal → associatedWith → Port-Royal Solitaries ⓘ
Port-Royal de Paris → partOf → Port-Royal Solitaries ⓘ
this entity surface form: Port-Royal community
Jean Duvergier de Hauranne → mentorOf → Port-Royal Solitaries ⓘ
this entity surface form: Port-Royal nuns and solitaires
Cornelius Jansen → influenced → Port-Royal Solitaries ⓘ
this entity surface form: Port-Royal theologians
Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy → associatedWith → Port-Royal Solitaries ⓘ
this entity surface form: Port-Royal theologians
Musée national de Port-Royal des Champs → associatedWith → Port-Royal Solitaries ⓘ
this entity surface form: Solitaries of Port-Royal