Archives d'Anjou

Various primary historical documents of the province of Anjou in western France were first published in this 1853 work.

Using primary sources, Anjou native and archivist of the province Paul Marchegay draws a broad and comprehensive picture of the history of this province in western France. Published in 1853, Volume 1 focuses on a number of different topics such as religious orders, education in Angers and commerce.Using archival materials and church charters from the province of Anjou, Paul Marchegay provides a broad and comprehensive picture of the history of this province of western France. In Volume 1, published in 1853, the Anjou native and archivist of the province makes use of three primary sources: the papers of the eighteenth-century politician Armand-Thomas Hue, seigneur de Miroménil, a report on the land ownership, economic resources and social conditions of the province made by the diplomat Charles Colbert de Croissy (younger brother of Loius XIV's minister of finance), and finally the medieval charters of Anjou. Marchegay ends this compilation of historical documents on a curious note by transcribing the records of various medieval court cases which were settled by the ordeal of boiling water.