Julien Pierre-Eugène Havet

Background

Havet was born on April 4, 1853 in Paris, France, the second son of Ernest Havet.

Education

Havet studied at the École des chartes, where he took first place both upon entering and leaving, and at the École des Hautes Études.

Career

Havet early showed a remarkable aptitude for learning, but had a pronounced aversion for pure rhetoric. His studies at the École des chartes (where he took first place both upon entering and leaving) and at the École des Hautes Études did much to develop his critical faculty, and the historical method taught and practiced at these establishments brought home to him the dignity of history, which thenceforth became his ruling passion. valedictory thesis at the École des Chartes, Série chronologique des gardiens et seigneurs des Îles normandes (1876), was a definitive work, slightly affected by later research. In 1878 he followed his thesis with a study called Les Cours royales dans les Îles normandes. Both works were composed entirely from the original documents at the Public Record Office in London and the archives of Jersey and Guernsey. On the history of Merovingian institutions, Havet's conclusions were widely accepted. Posthumously, his published and unpublished writings were collected and, with the exception of Les Cours royales des Îles normandes and Lettres de Gerbert, were published in two volumes called Questions mérovingiennes and Opuscules inédits (1896), containing important papers on diplomatics and on Carolingian and Merovingian history, as well as a large number of short monographs covering a variety of subjects. Friends of Havet published a collection of his articles under the title Mélanges Havet (1895), pre-fixed by a bibliography of his works compiled by his friend Henri Omont.

Achievements

• Havet was a French scholar, known for his works.

Works

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  • Serie Chronologique Des Gardiens Et Seigneurs Des Iles Normandes (1198-1461) (Histoire) (French Edition)

    (Serie chronologique des gardiens et seigneurs des Iles no...)

  • Les Cours Royales des îles Normandes

    (This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curat...)

  • Lettres De Gerbert: 983-997 (1889) (French Edition)

    (This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of th...)

Connections

Father:

Eugène Auguste Ernest Havet

He was a French scholar.

References

• Philologie et Linguistique Mélanges Offerts à Louis Havet par ses anciens Élèves et ses Amis à L'Oc (French Edition)
• Oeuvres de Julien Havet (1853-1893): Opuscules Divers... (French Edition)