François Béroalde de Verville
François Béroalde de Verville (27 April 1556 – 19–26 October 1626) was a
French Renaissance novelist, poet and intellectual. He was born in
Paris, the son of
Matthieu Brouard (or Brouart), called "Béroalde", a professor of
Agrippa d'Aubigné and
Pierre de l'Estoile and a
Huguenot; his mother, Marie Bletz, was the niece of the humanist and Hebrew scholar
François Vatable (called "Watebled"). At the time of the
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, his family fled to
Geneva (1573), but Béroalde returned to Paris in 1581. During the
civil wars, Béroalde abjured
Calvinism and joined the factions around
Henri III of France (he may also have served in the army). In 1589 he moved to
Tours (the French
parlement fled here from 1589-1594), and became ''chanoine'' (canon) of the cathedral chapter of
Saint Gatien,
Tours, where he remained until his death.
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