Charles Dufresne du Cange

Charles Dufresne du Cange
Charles Dufresne du Cange
    Charles Dufresne Du Cange
     Catholic_Encyclopedia Charles Dufresne Du Cange
    Historian and philologist, b. at Amiens, France, 18 Dec., 1610; d. at Paris, 1688. His father, who was a magistrate, had him educated by the Jesuits at Amiens, and the young man afterwards studied law at Orléans and was admitted to the Bar before the Parlement of Paris, 11 Ausust, 1631. But the legal profession failing to satisfy him, he returned to Amiens, married there in 1638 and in 1645 purchased the position of Treasurer of France held by his father-in-law. Obliged to leave Amiens in 1668 on account of the plague, he settled in Paris, where he died. Neither his official duties nor his family cares (he was the father of ten children) prevented him from following scholarly pursuits. Conversant with many languages, he was consulted on all sides, and he obtained much information through his correspondence. His unremitting energy was largely expended on the history of France and that of Constantinople. To insure a solid basis for his researches, he began by mastering the languages of the texts and was unceasing in his efforts to increase his knowledge of Byzantine Greek and Low Latin.
    Two great and useful works were the outcome of this preparation and even yet suffice to secure the scholarly reputation of their author; they were the "glossarium ad scriptores mediae et infimae latinitatis" (Paris, 3 vols. fol. 1678; new edition with addenda by Dom Carpentier, Paris, 7 vols., 4to, 1840-1850; 10 vols., 1882-1887), and the "Glossarium ad scriptores mediae et infimae graecitatis" (Paris, 2 vols. fol. 1688). Chief among his other works are: "Histoire de l'Empire de Constantinople sous les empereurs francois" (Paris, 1657, 1 vol. fol.); "Traité historique du chef de saint Jean-Baptiste" (Paris, 1666, 4to); "Histoire de Saint Louis" (Paris, 1688, 2 vols. fol.); the "Historia Byzantina" (Paris, 1680, 2 vols. fol.), editions of the Byzantine historians, notably of Zonaras (Paris, 1686, 2 vols. fol.); and the "Chronicon Paschale" (Paris, 1689, fol.). He left many manuscripts which, after being widely scattered, were collected toward the middle of the eighteenth century by his grand-nephew Dufresne d'Aubigny and are now nearly all preserved in the National Library, Paris. From these have been compiled the "Histoire de la ville d'Amiens (published by Hardouin at Amiens, 1840) and "Les familles d'outre-mer" (published by Rey in the "Documents inédits de l'histoire de France", Paris, 1869).
    PAUL LEJAY.
    Transcribed by Gerald M. Knight

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VIII. — New York: Robert Appleton Company. . 1910.


Catholic encyclopedia.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange — Charles du Fresne Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange or Ducange (Amiens, December 18, 1610 – Paris, October 23, 1688) was a distinguished philologist and historian of the Middle Ages and Byzantium. Educated by Jesuits, du Cange studied law and… …   Wikipedia

  • Du Cange, Charles Dufresne — • Historian and philologist, b. at Amiens, France, 18 Dec., 1610; d. at Paris, 1688 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Dufresne — (spr. düfrǟn ), Charles, s. Du Cange …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Dufresne — (Düfrähn), Charles, Seigneur du Cange, bekannter unter diesem Beinamen, geb. 1610 zu Amiens, gest. 1688 zu Paris, Rechtsgelehrter, erwarb sich um das bessere Verständniß des Mittelalters große Verdienste und stand mit den franz. Benediktinern,… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • Dufresne — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Patronymes Dufresne est un nom de famille notamment porté par : Dufresne Abel Dufresne (1788 1872), écrivain français Annie Dufresne (née en 1973),… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • DUFRESNE, CHARLES —    See DU CANGE, CHARLES …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Du Cange — (spr. dü kāngsch ), 1) Charles Dufresne, Sieur, einer der größten Gelehrten Frankreichs, geb. 18. Dez. 1610 in Amiens, gest. 23. Okt. 1688 in Paris, wurde 1631 daselbst Parlamentsadvokat, widmete sich aber in der Folge ausschließlich… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Byzantinisches Griechisch — Mittelgriechisch Zeitraum 600–1453 Ehemals gesprochen in Staatsgebiet des Byzantinischen Reichs, südliche Balkanhalbinsel, Süditalien, Kleinasien, Schwarzmeerküste, Ostküste des Mittelmeers und heutiges Ägypten Linguistische Klassifikation Indo… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Mittelgriechisch — Zeitraum 600–1453 Ehemals gesprochen in Staatsgebiet des Byzantinischen Reichs, südliche Balkanhalbinsel, Süditalien, Kleinasien, Schwarzmeerküste, Ostküste des Mittelmeers und heutiges Ägypten Linguistische Klassifikation Indo Europäisch… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Jean Mabillon — (* 23. November 1632 in Saint Pierremont, Ardennen; † 27. Dezember 1707 in Paris) war ein französischer Benediktinermönch, Gelehrter und Begründer der Historischen Hilfswissenschaften. Büste Mabillons in der Kirche St. Germai …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”