Rambouillet, Catherine De Vivonne, Marquise De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...first of the kind, and her example was soon imitated throughout France and spread to the rest of the world. The height of her influence...Longueville, the duchesse de Montpensier, Jean Louis Guez de Balzac, Corneille, Richelieu, Malherbe, Racan, Voiture, Bossuet, Chapelain...