Jansenist abbey of Port-Royal

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The Jansenist abbey of Port-Royal was a 17th-century French religious community renowned as a center of rigorous Catholic reform, theological controversy, and influential educational and linguistic scholarship.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic religious community
Cistercian abbey
Jansenist center
associatedWith Antoine Arnauld
surface form: Angélique Arnauld

Antoine Arnauld
Antoine Le Maistre NERFINISHED
Blaise Pascal
Cornelius Jansen
Jean Duvergier de Hauranne
Jean Racine
Mother Angélique Arnauld
Pierre Nicole
Port-Royal Solitaries
associatedWithMovement Catholic Reform
Jansenism
becameJansenistCenterIn 17th century
centuryOfOrigin 13th century
condemnedBy Pope Alexander VII NERFINISHED
Pope Innocent X NERFINISHED
country France
currentUse memorial site
museum
demolishedIn 1710
educationalApproach moral and religious instruction
rigorous classical education
foundedAs Port-Royal-des-Champs
surface form: Port-Royal des Champs
foundedBy Mathilde de Garlande
Mathilde de Garlande
surface form: Mathilde de Garlandia
foundedIn 1204
hasEducationalInstitution Port-Royal de Paris
surface form: Petites écoles de Port-Royal
hasPart Port-Royal de Paris
Port-Royal-des-Champs
surface form: Port-Royal des Champs
heritageStatus historic site
influenced Catholic theology
French classicism
modern linguistics
philosophy of language
knownFor Jansenism
Port-Royal Grammar
Port-Royal Logic
educational reform
linguistic scholarship
rigorous Catholic reform
theological controversy
languageOfScholarship French
Latin
locatedIn Île-de-France region
surface form: Île-de-France
locatedNear Chevreuse Valley
surface form: Chevreuse valley

Paris
opposedBy Society of Jesus
surface form: Jesuits

Louis XIV of France
surface form: Louis XIV

Society of Jesus
producedWork General and Rational Grammar
surface form: Grammaire générale et raisonnée

Port-Royal Logic
surface form: La Logique ou l’art de penser

Port-Royal Grammar
Port-Royal Logic
religion Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Cistercians
subjectOf Lettres provinciales
suppressedBy Louis XIV NERFINISHED
suppressionYear 1709

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Port-Royal Grammar associatedInstitution Jansenist abbey of Port-Royal