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 22O Readings in European History Sources for France from the tenth to the four- teenth century. folio volumes. Begun like the Histoire litteraire (see below) by the monks of St. Maur. The more recent volumes are well edited and sup- plied with useful indices. This series is being continued in quarto. Collection de documents inedits sur Fhistoire de France, 1835 sqq. Some 230 volumes have appeared. A vast and invaluable collection, still in course of publication, undertaken by the French government at the in- stigation of Guizot when minister of public instruction. Especially rich in documents and letters. See Potthast, pp. liv sqq. for contents. Socilte de rhistoire de France, Ouvr ages publics par la, 1834 sqq. About 220 volumes have been issued in octavo, containing chronicles, memoirs, letters, etc. Almost as voluminous as the preceding collection, but in more convenient form (contents in Potthast, pp. cxl sqq."). Collection de textes pour servir a I" 1 etude et a Fenseignement de Vhistoire, Paris, 1886 sqq. An admirably edited and annotated, inexpensive col- lection of important sources for mediaeval and modern French history. It corresponds with the octavo edition of the Monumenta Germaniae Historica (see below), and should be in every college library. GUIZOT, Collection des memoires relatifs a rhistoire de France, Paris, 1823-1835, 31 vols., 8vo. A fairly accurate translation into French of a number of the most important mediaeval chronicles. Histoire litteraire de la France, Paris, 1733-1895, 32 vols., 4to. A very famous and often cited work, begun by the Benedictine monks of St. Maur, and continued by the members of the French Institute. Contains so full and elaborate an analysis of the literary monuments of France down to the fourteenth century that it takes, in a way, the place of a collection of the sources themselves. FLODOARD (priest of Rheims, d. 966), Annals (919-966). Written apparently as the events occurred, accurate and rich in information {Monumenta Germaniae Historica ; GUIZOT, Collection, Vol. VI). RICHER, monk residing at Rheims between 966 and 998. His Histo- riarum Libri 7/^(888-995), white rhetorical and partisan, tell us about all we know of the revolution which put Hugh Capet on the throne. See extract above, p. 195. (Octavo edition of the Monumenta ; Geschicht- schreiber, Vol. XXXVII; French translation, published by Societe de rhistoire de France?) Richer's account may be controlled by the remark- able letters of the famous Gerbert, his teacher and friend (edited by HA VET in the Collection de textes). RAOUL GLABER (i.e. Rudolf the Bald, ca. 985-^. 1046), Historiarum Libri V, deals with his own time. A fantastic work by a fantastic man, who especially delighted in relating catastrophes and prodigies (Collec- tion de textes ; GUIZOT, Collection, Vol. VI).