Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange ( French: [ʃaʁl dy fʁɛn sjœʁ dy kɑ̃ʒ] ; December 18, 1610 in Amiens – October 23, 1688 in Paris , aged 77), also known simply as Charles Dufresne , was a distinguished French philologist and historian of the Middle Ages and Byzantium .
5-517: Ducange is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1610–1688), French philologist Victor Henri Joseph Brahain Ducange (1783–1833), French writer [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Ducange . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding
10-574: A glossary of medieval and late Greek that he published ten years later, has gone through numerous editions and revisions and is still consulted frequently by scholars today. Du Cange's pioneering work distinguished medieval Latin and Greek from their earlier classical forms, marking the beginning of the study of the historical development of languages. Du Cange mastered languages in order to pursue his main scholarly interests, medieval and Byzantine history. He corresponded voluminously with his fellow scholars. His great historical and linguistic knowledge
15-626: The office of Treasurer of France. Du Cange was a busy, energetic man who pursued historical scholarship alongside his demanding official duties and his role as head of a large family. Du Cange's most important work is his Glossarium ad scriptores mediae et infimae Latinitatis (Glossary of writers in medieval and late Latin , Paris, 1678, 3 vol.), revised and expanded under various titles, for example, Glossarium manuale ad scriptores mediae et infimae Latinitatis (Halae, 1772–1784) or from 1840 onward, Glossarium mediae et infimae Latinitatis (Glossary of medieval and late Latin). This work, together with
20-476: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ducange&oldid=1129928598 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Monitored short pages Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange Educated by Jesuits , du Cange studied law and practiced for several years before assuming
25-414: Was complemented by equally deep learning in archaeology, geography and law. In addition to his glossaries, he produced important new editions of Byzantine historians and a number of other works. His extensive history of Illyria was not published until 1746 by Joseph Keglevich , who partially corrected it. Du Cange is one of the historians Edward Gibbon cites most frequently in his Decline and Fall of
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