Clovis Brunel

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Clovis Brunel (born February 19, 1884 in Amiens , † December 1, 1971 in Boissise-le-Roi ) was a French Romanist , Provençalist and Medievalist.

life and work

Brunel graduated from the École des chartes in 1908 with the Thèse Catalog des actes des comtes de Ponthieu, XIe siècle-1279 (revised and completed 1915, published ud T. Recueil des actes des comtes de Pontieu, 1026-1279 , Paris 1930) and became department archivist in Mende , then in Poitiers . In 1915 he was wounded at the front. From 1919 to 1954 he was at the École des chartes as successor to Paul Meyer Professor of Romance Philology (successor: Robert Bossuat), from 1930 its director. In addition, from 1924 to 1954 he was Alfred Morel-Fatio's successor directeur d'études for the languages ​​and literatures of southern France at the École pratique des hautes études and from 1937 a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, and from 1962 an honorary member of the Allgemeine Historical Research Society of Switzerland (AGGS).

Other works

  • (Ed.) Les miracles de saint Privat. Suivis des Opuscules d'Aldebert III, évêque de Mende, Paris 1912
  • (Ed.) Bertran de Marseille, La vie de sainte Énimie. Poème provençal du XIIIe siècle, Paris 1916, 1970
  • Documents linguistiques du Gévaudan, in: Bibliothèque de l'Ecole des chartes 77, 1916
  • (Ed.) La Fille du comte de Ponthieu, nouvelle du XIIIe siècle, Paris 1926, 1968
  • (Ed.) Les plus anciennes chartes en langue provençale. Recueil des pièces originales antérieures au XIIIe s., Paris 1926; Supplément, Paris 1952; Geneva 1973
  • Bibliography des manuscrits littéraires en ancien provençal, Liège / Paris 1935, Geneva 1973
  • (Ed.) Jaufré. Roman arthurien du XIIIe siècle en vers provençaux, 2 vols., Paris 1943
  • (Ed. With Ferdinand Lot ) Recueil des actes de Charles II le Chauve, roi de France, 3 vols., Paris 1943, 1952, 1955
  • Jaufré, conte de la Table ronde, adapté, Neuchâtel 1949

literature

  • Recueil de travaux offert à M. Clovis Brunel, 2 vols., Paris 1955 (with list of publications).
  • Pierre Marot / Jacques Monfrin in: Bulletin de l'Ecole des Chartes 133, 1975, pp. 207–235 (with list of publications).
  • Henri Meylan in: Swiss Journal for History 22, 1972, p. 306 f. ( online ).

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personal data
SURNAME Brunel, Clovis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French Romanist, Medievalist and Provençalist
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Amiens
DATE OF DEATH 1st December 1971
Place of death Boissise-le-Roi