Charles Bémont French

France

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 scholar, was born at Paris

Paris

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In 1884 he graduated with two theses, one on Simon de Montfort

Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester

Simon IV de Montfort, Seigneur de Montfort-l'Amaury, 5th Earl of Leicester , also known as Simon de Montfort the elder, was a French nobleman who took part in the Fourth Crusade and was a prominent leader of the Albigensian Crusade...

 translated as Simon de Montfort: Earl of Leicester, 1208-1265 (1930), without the thesis' appendices of historical documents, and La Condamnation de Jean Sansterre (Revue historique, 1886). His Les Chartes des libertés anglaises (1892) has an introduction upon the history of Magna Carta

Magna Carta

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, etc., and his history of medieval Europe, written in collaboration with Gabriel Monod

Gabriel Monod

Gabriel Monod was a French historian, the nephew of Adolphe Monod.-Biography:Born in Ingouville, Seine-Maritime, he was educated at Le Havre then went to Paris to complete his education, lodging with the de Pressensé family...

 (1896), was translated into English, as Medieval Europe from 395 to 1270.

He was also responsible for the continuation of the Gascon Rolls

Gascon Rolls

The Gascon Rolls are records from the English government of Aquitaine-Gascony and the surrounding area, lasting from to 1273 to 1468. Containing grants of land, oaths of treaties and other important documents, the rolls were originally stored in the Tower of London and Bodleian Library before the...

, the publication of which had been begun by Francisque Michel

Francisque Xavier Michel

Francisque Xavier Michel was a French historian and philologist.- Life :He became known for his editions of French works of the Middle Ages, and the French Government, recognizing their value, sent him to England and Scotland to continue his research there...

 in 1885 (supplement to vol. 5, 1896; vol. ii., for the years 1273-1290, 1500; vol. iii., for the years 1290-1307, 1906). He received the honorary degree of Litt. Doc. at Oxford

University of Oxford

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 in 1909. He was made a member of the British Academy

British Academy

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 in 1914.

A street at Croissy-sur-Seine

Croissy-sur-Seine

Croissy-sur-Seine is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is a small but affluent suburban town on the western outskirts of Paris.-Geography:...

commemorates him.