Authorities.-(I) Principal Sources: The history of Anjou may be told partly with the aid of the chroniclers of the neighbouring provinces, especiall y those of Normandy (William of Poitiers, William of Jumieges, Ordericus Vitalis) and of Maine (especially Actus pontificum Cenomannis in urbe degentium). For the loth, I 1 th and 12th centuries especially, there are some important texts dealing entirely with Anjou. The most important is the chronicle called Gesta consulum Andegavorum, of which only a poor edition exists (Chroniques des conies d'Anjou, published by Marchegay and Salmon, with an introduction by E. Mabille, Paris, 1856-1871, collection of the Societe de l'histoire de France). See also with reference to this text Louis Halphen, Etude sur les chroniques des comtes d'Anjou et des seigneurs d'Amboise (Paris, 1906). The above may he supplemented by some valuable annals published by Louis Halphen, Recueil d'annales angevines et vendomoises (Paris, 1903), (in the series Collection de textes pour servir a l'etude et a l'enseignement de l'histoire). For further details see Auguste Molinier, Les Sources de l'histoire de France (Paris, 1902), ii. 1276 -1310, and the book of Louis Halphen mentioned below.
(2) Works: The Art de verifier les dates contains a
history of Anjou which is very much out of date, but has not been
treated elsewhere as a whole. The 11th century only has been treated in
detail by Louis Halphen, in Le Comte d'Anjou au XP siecle (Paris,
1906), which has a preface with bibliography and an introduction dealing
with the history of Anjou in the 10th century. For the loth, 1 1th and
12th centuries, a good summary will be found in Kate Norgate, England
under the Angevin Kings (2 vols., London, 1887). On Rene of Anjou,
there is a book by A. Lecoy de la Marche, Le Roi Rene (2 vols.,
Paris, 1875). Lastly, the work of Celestin Port, Dictionnaire
historique, geographique et biographique de Maine-etLoire (3 vols.,
Paris and Angers, 1874-1878), and its small volume of
Preliminaires (including a summary of the history of Anjou),
contain, in addition to the biographies of the chief counts of Anjou, a
mass of information concerning everything connected with Angevin
history. (L. H.*)
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