Education
École Nationale des Chartes.
École Nationale des Chartes.
His reputation rests on his authoritative major work, Histoire de France, published in nine volumes (1865-1879). Educated at the École des Chartes in Paris, he became professor in the faculty of letters at Grenoble in 1844, and in 1849 at Lyon, where he remained nearly thirty years. He died at Lucenay-lès-Aix (Nièvre département).
Before the publication of Lavisse"s great work, Dareste"s general history of France was the best of its kind.
lieutenant surpassed in accuracy the work of Henri Martin, especially in the ancient periods, just as Martin"s in its turn was an improvement upon that of Sismondi.