Jean Alexandre Buchon
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Jean Alexandre Buchon French
scholar, (Born at Menetou-Salon
(Cher)).
Buchon was an ardent Liberal
and took an active part in party struggles under the Restoration, while throwing himself into the historical regeneration then taking place..
During 1822 and the succeeding years he travelled about Europe
in search of materials for his Collection des chroniques nationales françaises écrites en langue vulgaire, du XIe au XVIe siècle (4 vols, 1824–1829).
After the revolution of 1830
he founded the Pantheon littéraire, in which he published a Choix d'ouvrages mystiques (1843), a Choix de monuments primitifs de l'église chrêtienne (1837), a Choix des historiens grecs (1837), a collection of Chroniques trangres relatives aux expeditions françaises pendant le XIII siècle (1840), and, most important of all, a Choix de chroniques et mémoires sur l'histoire de France (1836 1841).
His travels in southern Italy
and in the East had put him upon the track of the medieval French settlements in those regions, and to this subject he devoted several important works:
None of his publications can be described as thoroughly scholarly but they have been of great service to history, and those concerning the East have in especial the value of original research.
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France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
scholar, (Born at Menetou-Salon
Menetou-Salon
Menetou-Salon is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France. Inhabitants of the area are known as Monestrosaloniens.-Geography:The commune is located 16 kilometres North of Bourges on the RD11....
(Cher)).
Buchon was an ardent Liberal
Liberalism
Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...
and took an active part in party struggles under the Restoration, while throwing himself into the historical regeneration then taking place..
During 1822 and the succeeding years he travelled about Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
in search of materials for his Collection des chroniques nationales françaises écrites en langue vulgaire, du XIe au XVIe siècle (4 vols, 1824–1829).
After the revolution of 1830
Revolution of 1830
The Revolution of 1830 can be:* The July Revolution in France leading to a constitutional monarchy lasting until the revolutions of 1848* The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands leading to the creation of Belgium...
he founded the Pantheon littéraire, in which he published a Choix d'ouvrages mystiques (1843), a Choix de monuments primitifs de l'église chrêtienne (1837), a Choix des historiens grecs (1837), a collection of Chroniques trangres relatives aux expeditions françaises pendant le XIII siècle (1840), and, most important of all, a Choix de chroniques et mémoires sur l'histoire de France (1836 1841).
His travels in southern Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
and in the East had put him upon the track of the medieval French settlements in those regions, and to this subject he devoted several important works:
- Recherches et matriaux pour servir d'une histoire de la domination française dans les provinces de membres de l'empire grec (1840)
- Nouvelles recherches historiques sur la principaute française de More et ses hautes baronnies (2 vols, 1843–1844)
- Histoire des conquètes et de l'établissement des Français dans les états de l'ancienne Grèce sous es Villehardouin (1846, unfinished)
None of his publications can be described as thoroughly scholarly but they have been of great service to history, and those concerning the East have in especial the value of original research.
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