Bibliothèque des Ecoles françaises d'Athènes et de Rome

Bibliothèque des Écoles françaises d'Athènes et de Rome (trans: "Library of the French schools of Greece and Rome") is the name of two series of historical documents, such as the letters of 13th century Popes during the Crusades. Modern history books which cite excerpts from letters of the Crusades, often list the BEF [http://www.premontre.org/subpages/loci/monasticon/generalia/3%20tomus.htm#Elenchus%20Materiae] in their citation. [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33798]

The first series began publication in 1877. [http://monasticmatrix.usc.edu/bibliographia/?function=detail&id=6531&PHPSESSID=32f]

The second series was published 1884-1960. [http://monasticmatrix.usc.edu/bibliographia/?function=detail&id=9624&PHPSESSID=32f]

elected publications

First series

* "Le liber censuum de l'Église romaine"
* "Sainte Catherine de Sienne: essai de critique des sources" [http://books.google.com/books?id=uy0NAAAAIAAJ&dq=berger+Biblioth%C3%A8que+des+Ecoles+Fran%C3%A7aises+d'Ath%C3%A8nes+et+de+Rome&as_brr=1&pgis=1]

econd series

* "Les Registres d'Innocent IV" (ed. Elie Berger, 4 vols., Paris, 1884–1921) [Runciman misspelled editor's name as "Bergen" instead of "Berger"]
* "Les Registres d'Alexandre IV" (ed. C. Bourel de la Roncière, J. de Loye, P. de Cenival, and A. Coulon, 3 vols., Paris, 1902–1953)
* "Les Registres d'Urbain IV" (ed. Jean Guiraud, 4 vols., Paris, 1899–1929)
* "Les Registres de Clément IV" (ed. Edouard Jordan, 6 fasc., Paris, 1893–1945)
* "Les Registres de Grégoire X et de Jean XXI" (ed. Jean Guiraud and L. Cadier, 4 fasc., Paris, 1892–1906)
* "Les Registres de Nicolas III" (ed. Jules Gay [and Suzanne Vitte] , fasc., Paris, 1898–1938)
* "Les Registres de Martin IV" (ed. F. Olivier-Martin et al., 3 fasc., Paris, 1901–1935)
* "Les Registres d'Honorius IV" (ed. Maurice Prou, Paris, 1886–1888)
* "Les Registres de Nicolas IV" (ed. Ernest Langlois, 9 fasc., Paris, 1886–1893)

Other correspondence includes that of:Runciman, "A History of the Crusades", p. 484 [http://books.google.com/books?id=mrw8AAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA484&dq=registres+runciman&sig=y6cJd9BcwIiLB7JhEhywRKW3hjc] ]
* Innocent III, edited by Migne, P.L., vols. 214-16
* Honorius IV, "Regesta", edited by Pressutti
* Gregory IX, "Registres", Auvray

ee also

* Victorian societies for text publication
* French School at Athens

Notes

References

* http://www.premontre.org/subpages/loci/monasticon/generalia/3%20tomus.htm#Elenchus%20Materiae
* http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33798
* http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/History/History-idx?type=turn&entity=History.CrusTwo.p0585&isize=text
* http://monasticmatrix.usc.edu/bibliographia/?function=detail&id=9624&PHPSESSID=32f

External links

* [http://books.google.com/books?id=E-KRGAMde3UC&pg=RA2-PA16&vq=innocent&dq=berger+Biblioth%C3%A8que+des+Ecoles+Fran%C3%A7aises+d%27Ath%C3%A8nes+et+de+Rome&as_brr=1#PRA2-PA15,M1]