Gustave Saige Explained
Gustave Saige (1838–1905) was a French archivist. He was the archivist of the Prince's Palace of Monaco from 1881 to 1905.
Early life
Gustave Saige was born on 20 August 1838 in Paris, France.[1] He graduated from the École Nationale des Chartes in 1862, where his classmates included Paul Viollet and Gaston Paris.[2]
Career
Saige served as the archivist of the Prince's Palace of Monaco from 1881 to 1905.[1] [3] It was Saige who discovered that the House of Grimaldi descended from Otto Canella, not Grimaldi I, Lord of Antibes.[3] However, his research was not published under the reign of Charles III, Prince of Monaco.[3] When Albert I, Prince of Monaco came to power in 1889, Saige was able to publish it.[3] By 1895, the Almanach de Gotha had updated its entry on the House of Grimaldi with Otto Canella as its founder.[3]
Additionally, Saige was a member of the Council of State.[1] He was a correspondent to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.[1]
Saige was the author of many books about the Languedoc and Monaco. His Les Juifs du Languedoc antérieurement au XIVe siècle is a "classic archival [study] of Jewish life in Languedoc" prior to the 14th century.[4] Additionally, Saige intended to work on the history of Jews in Toulouse, but he died before he was able to write about it.[5]
Saige was a Knight of the Legion of Honour and Grand Officer of the Order of Saint-Charles.[2]
Personal life
Saige was married.[5]
Death
Saige died on 5 December 1905 in Monaco.[1] [2] He was sixty-seven years old.[2] After his death, he was succeeded as the archivist of the Prince's Palace of Monaco by Léon-Honoré Labande.
Bibliography
As an author
- Une Alliance défensive entre propriétaires allodiaux au XIIe siècle (Paris: A. Franck, 1861).
- Les Juifs du Languedoc antérieurement au XIVe siècle (Paris: Alphonse Picard, 1881).
- Honoré II et le palais de Monaco (Monaco: Imprimerie du Journal de Monaco, 1883).
- Les beaux-arts au Palais de Monaco avant la révolution: I. Les princes et le palais depuis le seizième siècle (Monaco: Imprimerie de Monaco, 1884).
- Les Archives du palais de Monaco et l'intérêt de ses collections pour l'histoire de France (Orléans: Imprimerie de P. Girardot, 1888).
- Documents historiques relatifs à la Principauté de Monaco (Monaco, 1888-1889).
- Abrégé de l'histoire de Monaco à l'usage des écoles de la principauté (Monaco : Imprimerie de Monaco, 1894).
- La seigneurie de Monaco au milieu du xvie siécle (Monaco: Imprimerie de Monaco, 1896).
- Monaco, ses origines et son histoire (Monaco: Imprimerie de Monaco, 1897).
- Glanes d'archives. Les Grimaldi chez eux et en voyage (Monaco, 1906).
As an editor
- François-Nicolas Baudot, sieur du Buisson et d'Aubenay, Journal des guerres civiles de 1648-1652 (edited by Gustave Saige, 2 volumes, Chez H. Champion, 1883-1885).
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Gustave Saige (1838-1905). Bibliothèque nationale de France. December 22, 2015.
- Moris. Henri. Gustave Saige. Bibliothèque de l'école des chartes. 1905. 66. 1. 742–745. December 22, 2015.
- Fouilleron. Thomas. Français par le livre. Les princes de Monaco et l'incroyable longévité d'une généalogie fabuleuse (XVIIe-XIXe siècle). Revue historique. 2013. 3. 667. 601–636. 10.3917/rhis.133.0601. December 22, 2015. registration . Cairn.info. free.
- Book: Fontaine. Resianne. Studies in the History of Culture and Science: A Tribute to Gad Freudenthal. 2011. Brill Publishers. Leiden, The Netherlands. 9789004191235. 729743875. 285. December 22, 2015.
- Book: Mundy. John Hine. Studies in the Ecclesiastical and Social History of Toulouse in the Age of the Cathars. 2006. Ashgate Publishing. Aldershot, England. 9780754653165. 57549454. 5. December 22, 2015.
