Edmond-René Labande
Edmond-René Labande | |
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| Born | June 11, 1908 |
| Died | July 22, 1992 |
| Alma mater | University of Paris École pratique des hautes études École Nationale des Chartes |
| Occupation(s) | Archivist, historian |
| Spouse | Yvonne Mailfert |
| Relatives | Léon-Honoré Labande (paternal uncle) |
Edmond-René Labande (1908-1992) was a French archivist and historian.
Early life
[edit]Edmond-René Labande was born in Paris on June 11, 1908.[1][2] He was orphaned at the age of ten and raised by his maternal grandfather, Alfred Jeanroy.[2] His paternal uncle, Léon-Honoré Labande, was a museum curator and archivist of the Prince's Palace of Monaco.[3]
Labande graduated from the University of Paris in 1928.[2] He also graduated from the École pratique des hautes études and the École Nationale des Chartes.[2]
Career
[edit]Labande started his career as an archivist in Rome, Algiers, Florence, Toulon, and La Flèche.[2]
Labande started teaching medieval history at the University of Poitiers in 1947.[2] Two years later, in 1949, he was promoted to professor.[2] He was a co-founder of the Cahiers de civilisation médiévale, an academic journal.[2]
Labande was the first scholar to offer a skeptical interpretation of Eleanor of Aquitaine, debunking the myth of her persona and researching primary sources about her life.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Labande married Yvonne Mailfert in 1932.[2] Labande joined the Third Order of Saint Francis in 1942.[2]
Death
[edit]Labande died in Poitiers on July 22, 1992.[1][2]
Bibliography
[edit]- Rinaldo Orsini, comte de Tagliacozzo, et les premières guerres suscitées en Italie centrale par le grand schisme (Imprimerie de Monaco, 1939).
- Étude sur 'Baudouin de Sebourc', chanson de geste (Droz, 1940).
- Sainte Catherine de Sienne et le duc d’Anjou (Annales de l’Université de Poitiers, 1949).
- Florence (Arthaud, Collection 'Les beaux pays', 1950).
- Rome (Arthaud, Collection 'Les beaux pays', 1950).
- L'Italie de la Renaissance: Duecento - Trecento - Quattrocento: Évolution d'une société (Payot, 1954).
- Clément V et le Poitou (Extrait du 'Bulletin de la Société des Antiquaires de l'Ouest', Poitiers, 1957).
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Labande, Edmond-René (1908-1992)". IdRef. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Bec, Pierre; Carpentier, Elisabeth; Arrignon, Jean-Pierre; Camus, Marie-Thérèse; Chauvin, Yves; Favreau, Robert; Pon, Georges (1993). "In Memoriam : Edmond-René Labande (1908-1992)". Cahiers de civilisation médiévale. 36 (141). Persée: 2–25. doi:10.3406/ccmed.1993.2555. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
- ^ Fliche, Augustin (1945). "Notice sur la vie et les travaux de M. Léon-Honoré Labande, membre de l'Académie". Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. 89 (1). Persée: 58. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
- ^ Evans, Michael E. (2014). Inventing Eleanor: The Medieval and Post-Medieval Image of Eleanor of Aquitaine. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 165. ISBN 9781441141354. OCLC 887802886.
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