Pierre Champion

Pierre Champion (born February 27, 1880 in Paris , † June 29, 1942 in Nogent-sur-Marne ) was a French historian, Medievalist and Romanist .

life and work

Champion studied at the École nationale des chartes and graduated in 1905. In addition to successful works on the history of literature (see below), he published historical works on Jeanne d'Arc, Louis XI. and about the 16th century, as well as a novel ( Françoise au calvaire , Paris 1924).

From 1919 until his death he was mayor of Nogent-sur-Marne. From 1940 to 1942 Champion was a member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques (1940) and the Académie Goncourt .

Pierre Champion was the son of the publisher Honoré Champion (1846–1913) and the brother of the publisher Edouard Champion (1882–1938).

Works (Romance Studies)

author

• La librairie de Charles d'Orléans , 2 vols., Paris 1910, Geneva 1975
• La vie de Charles d'Orléans 1394-1465 , Paris 1911, 1969, 2010
• François Villon. Sa vie et son temps , 2 vols., Paris 1913, 1933, Geneva 1984, Paris 1985
• Histoire poétique du XVe siècle , 2 vols., Paris 1923, 1928; Paris 1966
• Ronsard et son temps , Paris 1927, 1967
• Marcel Schwob et son temps , Paris 1927
• La vie de Paris au moyen age , Paris 1933
• Catalog de la bibliothèque de Marcel Schwob, précédé de Marcel Schwob parmi ses livres , Paris 1993

Editorial activity

• Le manuscrit autographe des poésies de Charles d'Orléans , Paris 1907, Geneva / Paris 1975
• Charles d'Orléans, Poésies , 2 vols., Paris 1924–1927; 1971, 2010
• Les oeuvres complètes de Marcel Schwob (1867–1905), 10 vols., Paris 1927–1930; 5 vols., Geneva 1985
• Les cent nouvelles nouvelles , 3 vols., Paris 1928, Geneva 1977
• Le Roman de Tristan et d'Iseult , Paris 1928, 1938, Monaco 1943, Brussels 1947, 1965, Paris 1958, 1967, 1979

Web links

• Literature by and about Pierre Champion in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)