Edmond-René Labande

Edmond-René Labande (1908-1992) was a French archivist and historian.

Edmond-René Labande
BornJune 11, 1908
DiedJuly 22, 1992
Alma materUniversity of Paris
École pratique des hautes études
École Nationale des Chartes
Occupation(s)Archivist, historian
SpouseYvonne Mailfert
RelativesLéon-Honoré Labande (paternal uncle)

Early life

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

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

Labande married Yvonne Mailfert in 1932.[2] Labande joined the Third Order of Saint Francis in 1942.[2]

Death

Labande died in Poitiers on July 22, 1992.[1][2]

Bibliography

  • Rinaldo Orsini, comte de Tagliacozzo (1390) (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, Paris, Arthaud (coll. Les beaux pays, 1950).
  • Rome, Paris, Arthaud (coll. Les beaux pays, 1950).
  • L'Italie de la Renaissance. Duecento - Trecento - Quattrocento. Évolution d'une société (Payot, 1954).
  • Clément V et le Poitou (1957).

References

  1. "Labande, Edmond-René (1908-1992)". IdRef. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  2. 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. Persée. 36 (141): 2–25. doi:10.3406/ccmed.1993.2555. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  3. 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. Persée. 89 (1): 58. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  4. 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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