Conroy, DervalDervalConroy2021-09-142021-09-142019 the A2019-09-27French Studies Bulletin0262-2750http://hdl.handle.net/10197/12467The assassination of Henri IV by François Ravaillacin 1610 sparked an immediate pamphlet polemic regarding the Jesuits and their position in France. First in the fray was the Lettre déclamatoire by the assassinated king’s Jesuit confessor Pierre Coton, which triggered the anti-Jesuit satire L’Anti-Coton. Amongst other replies, Marie de Gournay’s pro-Jesuit text Adieu de l’ame du roy de France et de Navarre Henry le Grand à la Royne, avec la Defence des Peres Jesuistes appeared at this point, shortly followed by Le Remerciment des Beurrières de Paris, the latter of which treats of Gournay as a public woman.enThis is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in French Studies Bulletin following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version: Derval Conroy, A Defence and Illustration of Marie de Gournay: Bayle’s Reception of ‘Cette Savante Demoiselle’, French Studies Bulletin, Volume 40, Issue 152, Winter 2019, Pages 51–54, is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/frebul/ktz009Philological controversiesSeventeenth century FranceBayle, Pierre, 1647-1706Gournay, Marie Le Jars de, 1565-1645Journal Article40152515410.1093/frebul/ktz0092020-08-01https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/