Cartulaires Français en Angleterre

Descriptions of French cartularies in English collections, including the important records of Saint-Florent prés Saumur and Fontevrauld abbeys.

Paul Marchegay (Author)

9781108021883, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 October 2010

58 pages
21.6 x 14 x 3.5 cm, 0.87 kg

Around 1820, several manuscripts went missing from the archives of Maine-et-Loire in Angers, among them two of the region's most valued cartularies, Le Livre Noir de Saint-Florent, prés Saumur and La Grande Pancarte de Fontevrauld. These volumes were later discovered to have been purchased by the famed book collector Thomas Phillipps, and, in 1850, the Angers archivist Paul Marchegay travelled to England to document these and other French cartularies in English collections. The result of his efforts is Cartulaires Français en Angleterre (1855). This important bibliography provides full descriptions of seven French cartulary manuscripts held at the British Museum, lists by geographic location twenty-two documents pertaining to French foundations, and describes the two manuscripts held in the Phillipps collection. It both represents an important contribution to the history of Angers and reveals a fascinating story of diplomatic co-operation among the archivists of France and England.

Part I: 1. Royaume des Deux-Siciles
2. Université de Paris
3. Duchés d'Aquitaine et de Gascogne
4. Comtés de Poitou et de Toulouse
5. Comté d'Avignon
6. Seigneurie d'Arlay en Bourgogne
7. Seigneurie de la Forêt en Poitou
8. Ville de Greux et de Domremy en Champagne
9. Bullaire Anglais
10. Archevêché de Tours
11. Évèché de Maguelonne
12. Évèché de Toul
13. Abbaye de Commercy en Barrois
14. Abbaye de Montebourg en Normandie
15. Abbaye de Saint-Acheul, en Picardie
16. Léproserie de Bolleville, en Normandie
Part II: 1. Cambray
2. Compiègne
3. Coutances
4. Fécamp (Abbaye de)
5. Lire (Abbaye de), en Normandie
6. Neuville au Temple (Commanderie de) en Champagne
7. Nîmes
8. Paris
9. Saint-Bertin (Abbaye de), à Saint-Omer
10. Troyes
Part III: 1. Abbaye de Fontevraud
2. Abbaye de Fontevraud
3. Abbaye de Saint-Florent, près Saumur
4. Abbaye de Saint-Florent près Saumur
5. Abbaye de Saint-Nicolas d'Angers
6. Abbaye de Saint-Serge d'Angers
7. Abbaye de la Trinité de Vendôme.

Subject Areas: Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 [HBLC]