André Vernet (18 April 1910 – 7 March 1999) was a French historian, specialising in medieval literature, and a member of the

Institut de France The ; ) is a French learned society, grouping five , including the . It was established in 1795 at the direction of the National Convention. Located on the Quai de Conti in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, the institute manages approximately ...

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Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes A library is a collection of books, and possibly other materials and media, that is accessible for use by its members and members of allied institutions. Libraries provide physical (hard copies) or digital (soft copies) materials, and may be a p ...

'', 1999, 157-2 (pp. 669-71.

Life

Born in born

Yzeure Yzeure () is a commune in the department of Allier in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France. Location The commune is located in the north of the Allier department. It is the fifth most populated commune in the Allier departme ...

, André Vernet studied at the

École nationale des chartes The École Nationale des Chartes (; ) is a French ''grande école'' and a constituent college of Université PSL, specialising in the auxiliary sciences of history, historical sciences. It was founded in 1821, and was located initially at the A ...

from 1933 to 1937, writing his thesis on

Bernardus Silvestris Bernardus Silvestris, also known as Bernard Silvestris and Bernard Silvester, was a medieval Platonist philosopher and poet of the 12th century. Biography Little is known about Bernardus's life. In the nineteenth century, it was assumed that Bern ...

's '' De mundi universitate''. For a few months he worked in the manuscripts department of the

Bibliothèque nationale de France The (; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites, ''Richelieu'' and ''François-Mitterrand''. It is the national repository of all that is published in France. Some of its extensive collections, including bo ...

but was quickly appointed secretary general of the École des chartes, with responsibility for the library, by

Clovis Brunel Clovis Brunel was a French philologist and writer. Selected works * ''Les miracles de saint Privat. ''Suivis des ''Opuscules d'Aldebert III, évêque de Mende'', Paris, A. Picard, 1912 * éd. de Bertran de Marseille, ''La vie de sainte Énimi ...

. He held this position until 1955, alongside lecturing in paleography at the Sorbonne. In 1955, he was elected both to the chair of literary and narrative sources of French history at the École des chartes (succeeding Robert Bossuat) and to that of language and Latin literature of the Middle Ages at the

École Pratique des Hautes Études École or Ecole may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * Éco ...

. A specialist in the history of medieval texts, he studied the library of

Clairvaux Abbey Clairvaux Abbey (, ''l’abbaye de Clairvaux''; ) was a Cistercian monastery in Ville-sous-la-Ferté, from Bar-sur-Aube. The abbey was founded in 1115 by Bernard of Clairvaux. As a primary abbey, it was one of the most significant monasteri ...

and edited the Middle Ages volume of the ''Histoire des bibliothèques françaises'' (history of French libraries). He was elected a member of the

Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

in June 1980. Vernet died in Paris in March 1999.

References

1910 births 1999 deaths 20th-century French historians French medievalists École Nationale des Chartes alumni French male non-fiction writers {{France-historian-stub