Vie de Rancé
Dom Pierre Le Nain, religieux et prieur de l'abbaye de la Trappe, frère du grand Tillemont et presque aussi savant que lui, est reconnu comme le plus complet historien de Rancé. Il commence ainsi la Vie de l'abbé réformateur : « L'illustre et pieux abbé du monastère de Notre-Dame-de-la-Trappe, l'un des plus beaux monuments de l'ordre de Cîteaux, le parfait miroir de la pénitence, le modèle accompli de toutes les vertus chrétiennes et religieuses, le digne fils et le fidèle imitateur du grand saint Bernard, le révérend père dom Armand-Jean Le Bouthillier de Rancé, de qui, avec le secours du ciel, nous entreprenons d'écrire l'histoire, naquit à Paris le 9 janvier 1626, d'une des plus anciennes et illustres familles du royaume. Fruit d'une sélection réalisée au sein des fonds de la Bibliothèque nationale de France, Collection XIX a pour ambition de faire découvrir des textes classiques et moins classiques dans les meilleures éditions du XIXe siècle.
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François-René de Chateaubriand
François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand (4 September 1768 – 4 July 1848) was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian who influenced French literature of the 19th century. Descended from an old aristocratic family from Brittany, Chateaubriand was a royalist. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1822 to 1824 and as the French ambassador to Sweden, Prussia, the United Kingdom, and the Papal States.
In an age when large numbers of intellectuals turned against the Church, Chateaubriand authored Génie du christianisme (The Genius of Christianity) in defense of the Catholic faith. His works include the autobiography Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe (Memoirs from Beyond the Grave), published posthumously in 1849–1850, now widely regarded as one of the most important works in French literature. In 1811 he was made a member of the Académie Française. Historian Peter Gay said that Chateaubriand saw himself as the greatest lover, the greatest writer, and the greatest philosopher of his age. Gay states that Chateaubriand "dominated the literary scene in France in the first half of the nineteenth century".
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