Alexis Paulin Paris (March 25, 1800 – February 13, 1881), was a French scholar and author. Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.

He was born at Avenay (Marne). Marne is a department in north-eastern France named after the Marne River which flows through the department He studied classics in Reims and law in Paris. ^[1] He published in 1824 an Apologie pour l'école romantique (In Defense of the Romantic school) and took an active part in Parisian journalism. Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Romanticism is a complex artistic literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Western Europe, and gained strength during the Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Journalism is the profession of writing or communicating formally employed by publications and broadcasters for the benefit of a particular Community of people His appointment, in 1828, to the department of manuscripts in the Bibliothèque royale left him leisure to pursue his studies in medieval French literature. Medieval French literature is for the purpose of this article Literature written in Oïl languages (particularly Old French and early Middle Paulin Paris lived before modern research methods had been generally applied to literature, but his numerous editions of early French poems continued the work begun by Dominique Meon in arousing general interest in the then little-known epics of chivalry. Chivalric order Chivalry is a term related to the Medieval institution of Knighthood.

Admitted to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres in 1837, he was shortly afterwards appointed on the commission entrusted with the continuation of the Histoire littéraire de la France. The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres is a French Learned society devoted to the Humanities, founded in February 1663 Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common I n 1853, a chair of medieval literature was founded at the Collège de France, and Paulin Paris became the first occupant. Medieval literature is a broad subject encompassing essentially all written works available in Europe beyond and during the Middle Ages (encompassing the one thousand The Collège de France is a higher education and research establishment ( Grand établissement) located in Paris, France, in the 5th arrondissement He retired in 1872 with the title of honorary professor and was promoted to officer of the Legion of Honour in the next year.

His works include:

• Manuscrits français de la bibliothèque du roi (7 vols. , 1836-1848)
• Les Romans du Garin le Loherain, précédé d'un examen des romans carlovingiens (1883-1885)
• Les Romans de Berte aux grans piés (1832)
• Le Romancero français, histoire de quelques anciens trouvères et choix de leurs chansons (1833)
• an edition of the Grandes chroniques de France (1836-1840)
• La Chanson d'Antioche (1848)
• Les Aventures de maître Renart et d'Ysengrin (1861)
• Les Romans de la table ronde (1868-1877). The 12th century Chanson de geste of Garin le Loherain is one of the fiercest and most sanguinary narratives left by the Trouvères ' The Grandes Chroniques de France is a royal compilation of the history of France, its manuscripts remarkably illuminated The Chanson d'Antioche is a Chanson de geste in 9000 lines of Alexandrines in stanzas called Laisses ' now known in a version Reynard the Fox, also known as Renard, Renart, Reinard, Reinecke, Reinhardus, Reynardt, Reynaerde Isengrin is the name of the wolf which typifies the Feudal Baron in the epic tale of Reynard the Fox as the Fox does the Church.

His son Gaston Paris contributed a biographical notice to vol. Bruno Paulin Gaston Paris ( August 9, 1839 – March 5, 1903) known as Gaston Paris was a French writer and scholar xxix of the Histoire littéraire.

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