Cartulaire de Landevennec by Renfranoislaurent Men

Cartulaire de Landevennec by Renfranoislaurent Men

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The Landévennec cartulary is a key source for historians of Brittany and of the Breton language. This 1886 edition includes a detailed preface and index and the text of tenth- and eleventh-century charters documenting the expansion of the ancient abbey's properties and influence.

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Cartulaire de Landevennec by Renfranoislaurent Men

The abbey of Landevennec, an important foundation dedicated to the Celtic saint Guenole, was brought under the Benedictine rule by Louis the Pious in the ninth century. Its cartulary, compiled in the eleventh century, is an essential source for historians of medieval Brittany. The Latin charters were edited and published in 1886 by Rene-Francois-Laurent Le Men and Emile Ernault. Their preface provides a detailed description of the manuscript, including foliation, scripts, rubrication and an analysis of Breton personal and place names, whose changing orthography provides evidence for the development of the language over the centuries. The text includes a list of Landevennec's abbots, charters documenting the expansion of the abbey's holdings over the course of the tenth and eleventh centuries, and a list of the counts of Cornouaille. A complete index also provides translations of Breton terms into French.
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ISBN 13 9781108021890
ISBN 10 1108021891
Title Cartulaire de Landevennec
Author René-François-Laurent Le Men
Series Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 2010-10-28
Number of pages 74
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