The Teaching and Cultivation of the French Language in England during Tudor and Stuart Times With an Introductory Chapter on the Preceding Period

CHAPTER VII

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THE STUDY OF FRENCH BY ENGLISH TRAVELLERS ABROAD 211

Travel in France and on the Continent--In the suite of ambassadors--Children in France--Course of studies--Girls in France--Objections to children being sent to France--France and Italy--Protests against travel--Prejudices against travel--Preference for France--Necessity of the French language--The travelling tutor--The age for travel--Literati as travelling tutors--Travel without a governor--Books on travel--'Methods' of travel--The study of French--Dallington and Moryson--Study of French before travel--French 'by rote'--Language masters for travellers--French grammars for travellers--Charles Maupas of Blois and his son--Antoine Oudin--Other grammars--Père Chiflet--The 'exercises'--Travellers at the Universities--At the Protestant Academies--Geneva--Isaac Casaubon--The 'idle traveller'--The 'beau'--Affectations of newly returned travellers--Commendation and censure of travel.