Jean-Bernard Mary-Lafon
Jean-Bernard Mary-Lafon (born May 26, 1810 in Lafrançaise , † June 24, 1884 in Montauban ) was a French historian, man of letters, Romanist and Provençalist .
life and work
Jean-Bernard Lafon, alias Mary-Lafon (Mary = Marius) grew up in Montauban. In 1830 he went to Paris and led a literary life. In 1836 he became a member of the Société nationale des antiquaires de France . From 1865 he was library manager in Montauban .
Mary-Lafon was one of the discoverers and resolute advocates of the medieval greatness of the Provencal-Occitan cultural area in southern France, which he incorporated into a history of Italian-French-Spanish southern Europe.
Works (selection)
- Bertrand de Born [Roman], Paris 1839
- Tableau historique et littéraire de la langue parlée dans le midi de la France et connue sous le nom de langue romano-provençale, Paris 1842 (Prix Volney des Institut de France 1841)
- Histoire politique, religieuse et littéraire du Midi de la France depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours, 4 vols., Paris / Lyon 1842–1845
- Le Languedoc ancien et moderne, Paris 1846
- Rome ancienne et modern depuis sa fondation jusqu'à nos jours, Paris 1852
- (Ed.) Le Roman de Jaufré, Paris 1855 (from the Matière de Bretagne )
- (Reteller) Les aventures du chevalier Jaufré et de la belle Brunissende, Paris 1856
- (Reteller) Fiérabras, légende nationale, Paris 1857 Fierabras
- Mille ans de guerre entre Rome et les papes, Paris 1860
- Histoire d'une ville protestante [Montauban], Paris 1862
- Histoire d'Espagne depuis les premiers temps jusqu'à nos jours, Paris 1865
- La France ancienne et Moderne, Paris 1865
- (Reteller) La Croisade contre les Albigeois. Epopée nationale [by Guillaume de Tudèle], Paris 1868 Chant from the Albigensian Crusade
- Histoire littéraire du midi de la France, Paris 1882
- Histoire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux 1987
- Cinquante ans de vie littéraire, Paris 1882 (Cinquante ans de vie littéraire. Les deux premiers chapitres, Angeville 2010)
literature
- Pierre Larousse, Dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle 15, p. 1293
- Edouard de Forge: Mary-Lafon, historien du Midi (1810-1884). Sa vie, son œuvre, Toulouse 1931 (with picture)
- Dictionnaire de biographie française sv Lafon, Jean Bernard, dit Mary-Lafon
- Philippe Martel, "Les historiens du début du XIXème siècle et le Moyen Âge occitan: Midi éclairé, Midi martyr ou Midi pittoresque", in: Romantisme 12, 35, 1982, pp. 49-72
Web links
- Literature by and about Jean-Bernard Mary-Lafon in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Jean-Bernard Mary-Lafon in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- http://cths.fr/an/prosopo.php?id=101935
- http://www.appl-lachaise.net/appl/article.php3?id_article=2458 (with picture)
- http://www.jbml.net/spip.php?article18 (with pictures and year of birth certificate)
- http://la-brochure.over-blog.com/article-28821049.html
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mary-Lafon, Jean-Bernard |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lafon, Jean-Bernard; Lafon, Mary |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer, historian, Romanist and Provençalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1810 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lafrançaise |
DATE OF DEATH | June 24, 1884 |
Place of death | Montauban |