René Poupardin (27 February 1874 – 23 August 1927) was a French medievalist and paleographer whose most important works were on Burgundy,

Provence Provence (, , , , ; oc, Provença or ''Prouvènço'' , ) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bor ...

and the

south Italian principalities Following the collapse of Roman and later Lombard authority in southern Italy, a group of semi-independent principalities evolved between the 8th and 11th centuries: *Principality of Benevento, a former Lombard duchy, independent from 774 *Principa ...

. He was an alumnus of the

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and a member of the

École française de Rome The École française de Rome (EFR) is a French research institute for history, archaeology, and the social sciences; overseen by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, and a division of the Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et ...

from 1899 to 1902. He was studies director at the

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and later a professor at the École des chartes. He also worked as a librarian at the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Born at

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and died at Fontainebleau, most of his life was spent in

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and

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Bibliography

;Monographs *''Boson et le royaume de Provence (855–933)''. Chalon-sur-Saône: E. Bertrand, 1899. *''Le Royaume de Provence sous les Carolingiens, 855–933''. Paris: Émile Bouillon, 1901
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*''Le Royaume de Bourgogne, 888–1038: étude sur les origines du royaume d'Arles''. Paris: Champion, 1907
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*''Études sur l'histoire des principautés lombardes de l'Italie méridionale et de leurs rapports avec l'Empire franc''. Paris: Champion, 1907
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;Critical editions *''La Vie de Saint Didier: évêque de Cahors, 630–655''. Paris: A. Picard, 1900
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*''Monuments de l'histoire des abbayes de Saint-Philibert (Noirmoutier, Grandlieu, Tournus)''. Paris: A. Picard, 1905. *(with Louis Barrau-Dihigo) ''Cartulaire de Saint-Vincent-de-Lucq''. Pau: J. Empérauger, 1905. *''Recueil des chartes de l'abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés: Des origines au début du XIIIe siècle'', 2 vols. Paris: Champion, 1909–32. *(with

Louis Halphen Louis Sigismond Isaac Halphen (4 February 1880, Paris – 7 October 1950, Paris) was a French medieval specialist and the author of many important books over a long career. He was noteworthy as the editor of a modern edition of the famous classic E ...

) ''Chroniques des comtes d'Anjou et des seigneurs d'Amboise''. Paris: A. Picard, 1913. *''Recueil des actes des rois de Provence: 855–928''. Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1920. ;Bibliographies *''Catalogue des manuscrits des collections Duchesne et Bréquigny''. Paris: Éditions Ernest Leroux, 1905
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*(with Lucien Auvray) ''Catalogue des manuscrits de la Collection Baluze''. Paris: Éditions Ernest Leroux, 1921
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