BARTHÉLEMY ANEAU: A STUDY IN HUMANISM
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IV
THE literary activity of Aneau really begins with his election to
1 the principalship of the Collège de la Trinité. Beforei~o,
literature was for him mainly a subject for the class-room. The
few poems that he composed were either a diversion or intended to
inspire his pupils. But after his election to this high position, he
enjoyed greater influence in the social life of the city. The success-
ful production of the Mystère de la nativité had indeed made of him
a well-known local character; but now it devolved upon him to
take part in all the important civic functions and write epigrams on
contemporary events. He was placed on reception committees, and
was usually requested, when the city welcomed a notable, to write a
poem or a play commemorating the occasion. "Arriva-t-il en ville
un accident," says M. Demogeot, "Aneau le racontait; un prince,
Aneau le haranguait; une sottise, Aneau s'en moquait; une fête,
Aneau en réglait les préparatifs.
Although there were many poets and scholars in Lyons at this
time, any one of whom was fully as capable as Aneau to fill this
rôle, yet none held quite the same place in the esteem of the public.
When Sainte-Marthe failed in his effort to secure the principalship
of the Collège de la Trinité, Aneau began, in a way, to be aware of
his own popularity. This probably explains the vanity that he man-
ifests at times in later life-the innocent vanity of a self-satisned
pédagogue.2 But we must be careful not to exaggerate this failing.
Ordinarily he was very modest. Exclusivement dévoué au culte
des lettres," says M. Ferdinand Buisson, "Aneau partageait ses
loisirs entre la muse latine et la muse française. If he had not
1 Cf. Le Collège de la Trinité in Lyon ancien et moderne, Lyons, 18.38-43,
vol. I, p. 413.
"Cf., for example, his criticisms on the Deffence et Illustration in the
<3wtM~ Horatian.
°C'M~K
279
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IV
THE literary activity of Aneau really begins with his election to
1 the principalship of the Collège de la Trinité. Beforei~o,
literature was for him mainly a subject for the class-room. The
few poems that he composed were either a diversion or intended to
inspire his pupils. But after his election to this high position, he
enjoyed greater influence in the social life of the city. The success-
ful production of the Mystère de la nativité had indeed made of him
a well-known local character; but now it devolved upon him to
take part in all the important civic functions and write epigrams on
contemporary events. He was placed on reception committees, and
was usually requested, when the city welcomed a notable, to write a
poem or a play commemorating the occasion. "Arriva-t-il en ville
un accident," says M. Demogeot, "Aneau le racontait; un prince,
Aneau le haranguait; une sottise, Aneau s'en moquait; une fête,
Aneau en réglait les préparatifs.
Although there were many poets and scholars in Lyons at this
time, any one of whom was fully as capable as Aneau to fill this
rôle, yet none held quite the same place in the esteem of the public.
When Sainte-Marthe failed in his effort to secure the principalship
of the Collège de la Trinité, Aneau began, in a way, to be aware of
his own popularity. This probably explains the vanity that he man-
ifests at times in later life-the innocent vanity of a self-satisned
pédagogue.2 But we must be careful not to exaggerate this failing.
Ordinarily he was very modest. Exclusivement dévoué au culte
des lettres," says M. Ferdinand Buisson, "Aneau partageait ses
loisirs entre la muse latine et la muse française. If he had not
1 Cf. Le Collège de la Trinité in Lyon ancien et moderne, Lyons, 18.38-43,
vol. I, p. 413.
"Cf., for example, his criticisms on the Deffence et Illustration in the
<3wtM~ Horatian.
°C'M~K
279
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