Auguste Vallet de Viriville explained

Auguste Vallet de Viriville, after 1858 known as Auguste Vallet (23 April 1815, in Paris  - 20 February 1868, in Paris) was a French archivist and historian.

He received his education at the École des Chartes in Paris, obtaining his degree as an archivist-paleographer in 1837. Afterwards, he worked as an archivist for the département of Aube, and in 1847 attained a professorship at the École des Chartes.^{[1] [2]}

He served as vice-president of the Société de l'École des chartes, and was a resident member of the Société nationale des antiquaires de France (1855–68).^[3]

Selected works

• Les archives historiques du département de l'Aube, 1841  - Historical archives of Aube.
• Essai sur les archives historiques du chapitre de l'Eglise Cathédrale de Notre-Dame à St-Omer (Pas-de-Calais), 1844  - Essay on the historical archives of the chapter of the Cathedral Church of Our Lady in St-Omer (Pas-de-Calais).
• Histoire de l'instruction publique en Europe et principalement en France, 1849  - History of public education in Europe, mainly France.
• Des ouvrages alchimiques attribués à Nicolas Flamel, 1856  - Alchemical works attributed to Nicolas Flamel.
• Chronique de Charles VII; (as editor; 3 volumes, 1858)  - Chronicles of Charles VII.
• Chronique de la Pucelle, ou Chronique de Cousinot; (as editor, 1859)  - Chronique de la Pucelle, or chronicles of Guillaume Cousinot de Montreuil.
• Histoire de Charles VII, roi de France, et de son epoque, 1403-1461 (3 volumes, 1863–65)  - History of Charles VII of France, and his era, 1403–1461.
• Procès de condamnation de Jeanne d'arc dite la Pucelle d'Orléans, 1867  - Process of condemnation of Joan of Arc, known as the Maid of Orléans.^{[4] [2]}

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=GvVEAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22Vallet+de+Viriville%2C+Auguste%22+1815+%22des+Chartes%22&pg=PA56 Livret de l'École des chartes
2. https://www.idref.fr/034344772 Vallet de Viriville, Auguste (1815-1868)
3. http://cths.fr/an/prosopo.php?id=666 Vallet, Auguste
4. http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2011055634/ Most widely held works by Auguste Vallet de Viriville