Gervais Delarue
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Gervais de La Rue French
historical investigator, formerly regarded as one of the chief authorities on Norman
and Anglo-Norman literature
, was a native of Caen
. He received his education at the university of that town, and was ultimately raised to the rank of professor.
His first historical enterprise was interrupted by the French Revolution
, which forced him to take refuge in England
, where he took the opportunity of examining a vast mass of original documents in the Tower of London
and elsewhere, and received much encouragement, from Sir Walter Scott among others. From England he passed over to Holland, still in prosecution of his favorite task; and there he remained until in 1798 he returned to France. The rest of his life was spent in his native town, where he was chosen principal of his university.
While in England he bad been elected a member of the Royal Society of Antiquaries; and in his own country he was made a corresponding member of the Institute, and was enrolled in the Légion d'Honneur
. Besides numerous articles in the Memoirs of the Royal Society of London, the Mémoires de l'Institut, the Mémoires de la Societé d'Agriculture de Caen, and in other periodical collections, he published separately Essais historiques sur les Bardes, les Jongleurs, et les Trouvères normands et anglo-normands (3 vols., 1834), and Recherches historiques sur la Prairie de Caen (1837); and after his death appeared Mémoires historiques sur le palinod de Caen (1841), Recherches sur la tapisserie de Bayeux (1841), and Nouveaux Essais historiques sur la ville de Caen (1842). In all his writings he displays a strong partiality for everything Norman, and rates the Norman influence on French and English literature as of the very highest moment.
et appartenant à l’église cathédrale de Bayeux (1824) Essais historiques sur les bardes, les jongleurs et les trouvères normands et anglo-normands, suivis de pièces de Malherbe
, qu’on ne trouve dans aucune édition de ses œuvres (3 vol., 1834) Mémoire historique sur le palinod de Caen (1841) Nouveaux essais historiques sur la ville de Caen et son arrondissement, contenant mémoires d’antiquités locales et annales militaires, politiques et religieuses de la ville de Caen et de la Basse-Normandie (2 vol., 1842)
France
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historical investigator, formerly regarded as one of the chief authorities on Norman
Norman language
Norman is a Romance language and one of the Oïl languages. Norman can be classified as one of the northern Oïl languages along with Picard and Walloon...
and Anglo-Norman literature
Anglo-Norman literature
Anglo-Norman literature is literature composed in the Anglo-Norman language developed during the period 1066–1204 when the Duchy of Normandy and England were united in the Anglo-Norman realm.-Introduction:...
, was a native of Caen
Caen
Caen is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the Basse-Normandie region. It is located inland from the English Channel....
. He received his education at the university of that town, and was ultimately raised to the rank of professor.
His first historical enterprise was interrupted by the French Revolution
French Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
, which forced him to take refuge in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, where he took the opportunity of examining a vast mass of original documents in the Tower of London
Tower of London
Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space...
and elsewhere, and received much encouragement, from Sir Walter Scott among others. From England he passed over to Holland, still in prosecution of his favorite task; and there he remained until in 1798 he returned to France. The rest of his life was spent in his native town, where he was chosen principal of his university.
While in England he bad been elected a member of the Royal Society of Antiquaries; and in his own country he was made a corresponding member of the Institute, and was enrolled in the Légion d'Honneur
Légion d'honneur
The Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...
. Besides numerous articles in the Memoirs of the Royal Society of London, the Mémoires de l'Institut, the Mémoires de la Societé d'Agriculture de Caen, and in other periodical collections, he published separately Essais historiques sur les Bardes, les Jongleurs, et les Trouvères normands et anglo-normands (3 vols., 1834), and Recherches historiques sur la Prairie de Caen (1837); and after his death appeared Mémoires historiques sur le palinod de Caen (1841), Recherches sur la tapisserie de Bayeux (1841), and Nouveaux Essais historiques sur la ville de Caen (1842). In all his writings he displays a strong partiality for everything Norman, and rates the Norman influence on French and English literature as of the very highest moment.
Main publications
Essais historiques sur la ville de Caen et son arrondissement (2 vol., 1820) Recherches sur la tapisserie représentant la conquête de l’Angleterre par les NormandsBayeux Tapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered cloth—not an actual tapestry—nearly long, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England concerning William, Duke of Normandy and Harold, Earl of Wessex, later King of England, and culminating in the Battle of Hastings...
et appartenant à l’église cathédrale de Bayeux (1824) Essais historiques sur les bardes, les jongleurs et les trouvères normands et anglo-normands, suivis de pièces de Malherbe
François de Malherbe
François de Malherbe was a French poet, critic, and translator.-Life:Born in Le-Locheur , his family was of some position, though it seems not to have been able to establish to the satisfaction of heralds the claims which it made to nobility older than the 16th century.He was the eldest son of...
, qu’on ne trouve dans aucune édition de ses œuvres (3 vol., 1834) Mémoire historique sur le palinod de Caen (1841) Nouveaux essais historiques sur la ville de Caen et son arrondissement, contenant mémoires d’antiquités locales et annales militaires, politiques et religieuses de la ville de Caen et de la Basse-Normandie (2 vol., 1842)