Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé, OCSO was a French abbot of La Trappe Abbey, a controversialist author, and a founding father of the Trappists.
Portrait of Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé
Armand Bouthillier Rancé
François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian who influenced French literature of the 19th century. Descended from an old aristocratic family from Bri
Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé
…of Reformed Cistercians of Our Lady of La Trappe'. A biography of his life, Vie de Rancé, was the final work of the Romantic writer and politician, François-René de Chateaubriand, published in 1844. Vies de plusieurs solitaires de La Trappe…
Portrait of Chateaubriand by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, 1809
The Château de Combourg, where Chateaubriand spent his childhood
Young Chateaubriand, by Anne-Louis Girodet (c. 1790)
Chateaubriand in the army of Condé