Biography, June 22nd, 2007
Mabillon, Don Jean Don Mabillon. Le moine et l'historien. Edition established by Odon Hurel. Paris: Robert Laffont, "Bouquins," 2007. 1132 pp. Euro30.
This copious book offers a choice of Mabillon's works, preceded by long extracts of the biography of the historian written by the erudite Dom Henri Leclercq. That biography, itself a complete synthesis, sets the tone of the whole publication. Born of poor parents, Mabillon (1632-1707) took orders and had the good luck to work with Luc d'Achery, the librarian of the Abbey of St. Germain des Pres, and so to open out his immense talent. The outc...
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