François Combes

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François Combes (born September 27, 1816 in Albi , † February 7, 1890 in Bordeaux ) was a French historian .

Life

François Combes studied in his hometown and in 1844 became professor of history at the college in Pamiers , in 1848 at the Collège Stanislas and in 1853 at the Lycée Bonaparte in Paris . After he had held the position of inspector of the academy in Lons-le-Saunier from 1856-60 , he was appointed as successor to Geffroys professor of history at the faculty in Bordeaux. He retired in August 1866. He made several scientific trips to Holland (1857), Italy (1864) and Switzerland (1865) to evaluate historical documents kept in the archives of these countries. He was also a member of several learned societies and president of the Academy in Bordeaux.

Among the works of Combes are:

  • L'abbé Suger , histoire de son ministère et de sa régence , Paris 1853
  • Histoire générale de la diplomatie européenne , 1854
  • La Russie en face de Constantinople et de l'Europe , 1856
  • Histoire de la diplomatie slave et scandinave , 1856
  • La princesse des Ursins , 1858
  • Correspondance française inédite du grand-pensionnaire Jean de Witt , in: Collection des documents inédits sur l'histoire de la France , 1873
  • L'entrevue de Bayonne de 1565 et la question de la Saint-Barthélemy , 1882 (based on documents from the Simancas archives )
  • Essai sur les idées politiques de Montaigne et de la Boëtie , 1882
  • Curieuse institution de Louis XIV près la République de Genève et son existence jusqu'en 1798 , 1884
  • Lectures historiques à la Sorbonne et à l'Institut, d'après les archives des pays étrangers , 2 vols., 1884–85
  • Madame de Sévigné historien , 1885

Since the wars of 1866 and 1870 , Combes also turned his attention to Prussian and German history , writing:

  • Histoire de la monarchie prussienne et de la fondation , 1873
  • Histoire des invasions germaniques en France , 1873
  • Les libérateurs des nations , 1874

Combes also wrote the two tragedies Le maréchal de Montmorency (1866) and Cathérine de Médicis (1874).

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personal data
SURNAME Combes, François
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French historian
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH Albi
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 1890
Place of death Bordeaux