About René de Lespinasse
Lived 1843 – 1922 (aged 78). René de Lespinasse was a French historian, politician, archivist, medievalist and translator.
René de Lespinasse (13 October 1843 – 16 February 1922) was a French historian and politician.
He was a member of the Société de l'histoire de Paris et de l'Île-de-France (from 1874) and served as president of the Société nivernaise des lettres, sciences et arts.
Selected works Sacramentarium ad usum Æcclesiæ nivernensis (1873). Vie et vertus de Saint Louis d'après Guillaume de Nangis et le confesseur de la reine Marguerite (1877). Les métiers et corporations de la Ville de Paris (4 volumes, 1879–97). XIIIe siècle: le livre des métiers d'Étienne Boileau (with François Bonnardot, 1879). Une famille noble sous la Terreur (1879). Le Nivernais et les comtes de Nevers (3 volumes, 1909–14). Cartulaire de Saint-Cyr de Nevers (1916).
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French historian and politician (1843–1922)
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René de Lespinasse was born on 13 October 1843 in Bourges.
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René de Lespinasse died on 16 February 1922 in Nevers.
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René de Lespinasse was a historian, politician, archivist, medievalist and translator.
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René de Lespinasse was French.
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