Charles Clémencet (17035 August 1778) was a French
Benedictine
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, caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal
, abbreviation = OSB
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, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
, foun ...
historian.
He was born in
Painblanc, in present-day
Côte-d'Or, and was one of the authors who helped complete the great chronological work (the usual short form of a long title). He also wrote part of the monumental ''
Histoire littéraire de la France
''Histoire littéraire de la France'' is an enormous history of French literature initiated in 1733 by Dom Rivet and the Benedictines of St. Maur. It was abandoned in 1763 after the publication of volume XII. In 1814, members of the Académie d ...
'', and the history of the abbey of
Port Royal.
He died in Paris.
Main publications
*1750: , with
Maurus Dantine
*1753:
*1755–1757: (10 volumes)
*1758:
*1759:
*1760: (3 volumes)
*1773:
;Collaborations
*1733–1763: (12 volumes)
*1847: , tomes XII-XIII
Notes
Bibliography
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1703 births
1778 deaths
18th-century French historians
French Benedictines
Congregation of Saint-Maur
Benedictines
Benedictine writers