The ''Revue de l'Orient Latin'' is a 12-volume set of medieval documents which was published from 1893–1911. It was a continuation of the ''Archives de l'Orient Latin'', two volumes of which were published from 1881–1884. Various medieval documents and letters from the sets are often cited in scholarly works about the
Crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were in ...
. The ''Revue'' is often abbreviated ''ROL'' and the "Archives" are abbreviated ''AOL'', but often the two groups of documents are referred to together.
The ''Archives'' were published in Paris. The ''Revue'' was the official journal of the archaeological foundation "Société de l'Orient latin" founded in 1875 by Count
Paul Riant
Paul Edouard Didier Riant (7 August 1836, Paris – 17 December 1888, Château La Vorpillière in Massongex) was a French historian and scientific editor specializing in the Crusades.Deutsche Biographie (1957).Riant, Paul Edouard Didier. In ''Neue ...
(1836–1888),
and was published at the society's headquarters in
Geneva
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. Initial publications were divided into geographical and historical series. The geographical portions contained the itineraries of pilgrims. The historical series included chronicles, letters, and charters.
See also
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Text publication society
A text publication society is a learned society which publishes (either as its sole function, or as a principal function) scholarly editions of old works of historical or literary interest, or archival documents. In addition to full texts, a text p ...
References
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* Jean Richard, "The Société de l'Orient Latin described by its founder", in Bulletin of the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East 4, 1984, 19-22
External links
Worldcat listing for "Revue de l'Orient Latin"Worldcat list for "Archives de l'Orient latin"*
ttp://visualiseur.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb32857441f/date Revue de l'Orient Latinat Gallica (1893-1902 only)
1881 establishments in France
1911 disestablishments in France
Defunct literary magazines published in France
French-language magazines
History magazines
Historiography of the Crusades
Magazines established in 1881
Magazines disestablished in 1911
Magazines published in Paris
Medieval literature
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