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Ernest Langlois

1857 – 1924

French medievalist and philologist

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About Ernest Langlois

Lived 1857 – 1924 (aged 66). Ernest Langlois was a French medievalist, university teacher, historian and romanist.

Ernest Langlois (; Heippes, 4 September 1857 – Lille, 15 July 1924) was a French medievalist, professor at the University of Lille.

He is best known for his 1910 work Les manuscrits du Roman de la Rose, description et classement, on the manuscripts of the Roman de la Rose and subsequent five-volume edition Le Roman de la Rose par Guillaume de Loris et Jean de Meun. This latter work was for the Société des anciens textes français, and was a reconstruction into the supposed dialect of Orléans of the time; the work is regarded as uneven, with judicious choice of readings but arbitrary corrections of orthography.

Works

Le Couronnement Looys (1888) Origines et sources du Roman de la Rose (1890) Le jeu de Robin et Marion (1896) Anciens proverbes français (1899) Recueil d’arts de seconde rhétorique (Paris, 1902) (full text) Table des noms propres de toute nature compris dans les chansons de geste imprimées (1904) Les manuscrits du Roman de la Rose, description et classement (1910) Le Roman de la Rose par Guillaume de Loris et Jean de Meun (1914-1924) Adam Le Bossu, Jeu du Pèlerin (1924) editor

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
École des chartes
Positions held
Member of the École française de Rome
Employers
École française de Rome
Awards
Knight of the Legion of Honour

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Ernest Langlois's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Ernest Langlois?

French medievalist and philologist (1857–1924)

When was Ernest Langlois born?

Ernest Langlois was born on 4 September 1857 in Heippes.

When did Ernest Langlois die?

Ernest Langlois died on 15 July 1924 in Lille.

What was Ernest Langlois's occupation?

Ernest Langlois was a medievalist, university teacher, historian and romanist.

What nationality was Ernest Langlois?

Ernest Langlois was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ernest Langlois

· Wikidata: Q384651

· DBpedia: Ernest Langlois

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