Pierre Adolphe Chéruel
Pierre Adolphe Chéruel | |
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École Normale Supérieure | |
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Notable works | Histoire de Rouen sous la domination anglaise au XVe siècle 'Histoire de Rouen pendant l'époque communale, 1550–1382 |
Pierre Adolphe Chéruel (January 17, 1809 – May 1, 1891) was a French historian.
Chéruel was born at
These works may still be consulted for the 17th century, the period upon which Chéruel concentrated all his scientific activity. He edited successively the Journal d'Olivier Lefèvre d'Ormesson (1860–1862), interesting for the history of the
To Saint-Simon he devoted two critical studies, which are acute but not definitive: Saint-Simon considéré comme historien de Louis XIV (1865) and Notice sur la vie et sur les mémoires du duc de Saint-Simon (1876). The latter may be considered as an introduction to the famous Mémoires. Among his later writings were the Histoire de la France pendant la minorité de Louis XIV (4 volumes, 1880) and Histoire de la France sous le ministère de Mazarin (1882–1883). These two works are valuable for abundance of facts, precision of details, and clear and intelligent arrangement, but are characterized by a slightly frigid style. In their compilation Chéruel used a fair number of unpublished documents. To the student of the second half of the 17th century in France, the works of Chéruel are a mine of information.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Chéruel, Pierre Adolphe". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 89. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the