René Poupardin

René Poupardin (27 February 1874 – 23 August 1927) was a French medievalist and paleographer whose most important works were on Burgundy, Provence and the south Italian principalities. He was an alumnus of the École nationale des chartes and a member of the École française de Rome from 1899 to 1902. He was studies director at the École pratique des hautes études and later a professor at the École des chartes. He also worked as a librarian at the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Born at Le Havre and died at Fontainebleau, most of his life was spent in Paris and Rome.

Bibliography

;Monographs

Boson et le royaume de Provence (855–933). Chalon-sur-Saône: E. Bertrand, 1899.
Le Royaume de Provence sous les Carolingiens, 855–933. Paris: Émile Bouillon, 1901. [https://archive.org/details/leroyaumedeprove00poupuoft Online here]
Le Royaume de Bourgogne, 888–1038: étude sur les origines du royaume d'Arles. Paris: Champion, 1907. [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5530689v/f3.image.r=L'Assembl%C3%A9e%20de%20Vizille.langFR Online here]
Études sur l'histoire des principautés lombardes de l'Italie méridionale et de leurs rapports avec l'Empire franc. Paris: Champion, 1907. [https://archive.org/details/tudessurlhistoi00poupgoog Online here]

;Critical editions

La Vie de Saint Didier: évêque de Cahors, 630–655. Paris: A. Picard, 1900. [https://archive.org/details/MN41679ucmf_10 Online here]
Monuments de l'histoire des abbayes de Saint-Philibert (Noirmoutier, Grandlieu, Tournus). Paris: A. Picard, 1905.
(with Louis Barrau-Dihigo) Cartulaire de Saint-Vincent-de-Lucq. Pau: J. Empérauger, 1905.
Recueil des chartes de l'abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés: Des origines au début du XIIIe siècle, 2 vols. Paris: Champion, 1909–32.
(with Louis Halphen) Chroniques des comtes d'Anjou et des seigneurs d'Amboise. Paris: A. Picard, 1913.
Recueil des actes des rois de Provence: 855–928. Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1920.

;Bibliographies

Catalogue des manuscrits des collections Duchesne et Bréquigny. Paris: Éditions Ernest Leroux, 1905. [https://archive.org/details/cataloguedesman02manugoog Online here]
(with Lucien Auvray) Catalogue des manuscrits de la Collection Baluze. Paris: Éditions Ernest Leroux, 1921. [https://archive.org/details/cataloguedesmanu00baluuoft Online here]

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