Jean Alexandre Buchon

Jean Alexandre Buchon ( born May 21, 1791 in Menetou Salon, Cher, † April 29, 1846 in Paris) was a French historian.

Life

He entered early on an oppositional journalist why his first writings were as Vie de cup (Paris 1817), prohibited. In 1821 he lectured on the history of dramatic art in England.

Then he traveled much of Europe, to collect materials for a collection of national chroniques françaises, écrites en langue du vulgaire XIII. au XVI. siècle (Paris 1824-29, 47 volumes), which he opened with the Chroniques de Froissart ( 1824-26, 15 volumes ). To many chronicles and historical sources, he wrote the necessary introductions. He also gave the Chroniques étrangčres relative aux expéditions francaises pendant le XIII. siècle (Paris 1840) out. By Esquisse of principaux faits de nos annales national du XIII. au XVII. siècle (Paris 1840) he sought the study of these historical sources to convey.

The Ministry Martignac he was in 1828 appointed inspector of the archives and libraries of France and in 1829 inspector general of departmental and municipal archives, but again eliminated by the Ministry Polignac. He then devoted himself to his studies until he died in Paris in 1846.

Works

Noteworthy is his Histoire populaire des Français (Paris 1832). On his travels he reported in Quelques souvenirs de courses en Suisse et dans le pays de Bade ( Paris 1836) and La Grèce et la continentale Morée (Paris 1843). Greece in particular, he traveled for his Recherches et pour servir à une histoire matériaux de la domination française dans les provinces de l' empire démembrées grec (Paris 1840); Nouvelles recherches historiques sur la française de principauté Morée (Paris 1845, 2 volumes). The unfinished Histoire des Conquêtes et de l' établissement des Français dans les états de l' ancienne Grèce sous les Ville- Hardouin (Paris, 1846, Volume 1 ) has high value. The Histoire universelle des religions, théogonies, symboles, mystères, dogmes, etc. ( Paris, 1844-46, 5 ​​volumes) was started under Buchons line.

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  • Historian
  • Frenchman
  • Born in 1791
  • Died in 1846
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