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Pierre Louvet

1617 – 1684

17th-century French historian

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About Pierre Louvet

Lived 1617 – 1684 (aged 66–67). Pierre Louvet was a French archivist and historian.

Pierre Louvet (3 February 1617 – 1684?) was a 17th-century French historian, archivist and historiographer. He was one of the few seventeenth-century historians who worked as an archivist and the only one to specialize in local history.

Main publications 1657: Remarques sur l'histoire du Languedoc, etc., Toulouse, in-4° ; reprinted under the title Abrégé de l'histoire du Languedoc et des princes qui y ont commandé, Nîmes, 1662, in-8°. 1659: Traité en forme d'abrégé de l'histoire d'Aquitaine, etc., Bordeaux 1659, in-4° 1662-1663: Inventaire du Grand Chartrier, Montpellier, 1 vol. 1674: La France dans sa splendeur, Lyon, 2 vol. in-12 1676: Abrégé de l'histoire de Provence, Aix en Provence, 2 vol. in-12 1679: Histoire des troubles de Provence, depuis son retour à la couronne (1481) jusqu'à la Peace of Vervins (1598), ibid., 2 vol. in-12. 1680: Additions et illustrations sur l'histoire de Provence, ibid., 2 vol. in-12 1672: Histoire de Villefranche, capitale du Beaujolais, Lyon, in-8°. 1673–1680: Le Mercure hollandais, ou Conquete du roi en Hollande, en Franche-Comté, en Allemagne et en Catalogne, depuis l'an 1672 jusqu'à la fin de 1672, Lyon, 10 vol. in-12.

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Important facts

Birth century
Died
1684
Nationality
Education
Aix University, University of Montpellier, Collège de Beauvais, University of Orange
Positions held
Historiographer of France

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People whose lives overlapped Pierre Louvet's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Pierre Louvet?

17th-century French historian

When was Pierre Louvet born?

Pierre Louvet was born on 3 February 1617 in Beauvais.

When did Pierre Louvet die?

Pierre Louvet died in 1684.

What was Pierre Louvet's occupation?

Pierre Louvet was an archivist and historian.

What nationality was Pierre Louvet?

Pierre Louvet was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Pierre Louvet

· Wikidata: Q21044471

· DBpedia: Pierre Louvet

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