HISTORIAN

Adémar de Chabannes

989 - 1034

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Adémar de Chabannes (988/989 – 1034; also Adhémar de Chabannes) was a French/Frankish monk, active as a composer, scribe, historian, poet, grammarian and literary forger. He was associated with the Abbey of Saint Martial, Limoges, where he was a central figure in the Saint Martial school, an important center of early medieval music. Much of his career was spent copying and transcribing earlier accounts of Frankish history; his major work was the Chronicon Aquitanicum et Francicum (Chronicle of Aquitaine and France).He is well-known for forging a Vita, purportedly by Aurelian of Limoges, that indicated Saint Martial was one of the original apostles, and for composing an associated Mass for Saint Martial. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adémar de Chabannes has received more than 64,752 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Adémar de Chabannes is the 190th most popular historian (down from 144th in 2019), the 2,746th most popular biography from France (down from 2,297th in 2019) and the 27th most popular French Historian.

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Over the past year Adémar de Chabannes has had the most page views in the with 10,118 views, followed by French (4,295), and Russian (1,641). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (58.25%), Serbo-Croatian (42.73%), and Romanian (32.24%)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Adémar de Chabannes ranks 190 out of 561. Before him are Ferdinand Gregorovius, Khvandamir, Otto von Gierke, Gustav Hugo, Roger Chartier, and Karl Lamprecht. After him are Philistus, Slobodan Jovanović, W. Montgomery Watt, William of Malmesbury, Évariste Lévi-Provençal, and Frederick Jackson Turner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 989, Adémar de Chabannes ranks 3. Before him are Chaghri Beg, and Fan Zhongyan. After him is Gagik I of Armenia. Among people deceased in 1034, Adémar de Chabannes ranks 7. Before him are Romanos III Argyros, Mieszko II Lambert, Deokjong of Goryeo, Oldřich, Duke of Bohemia, Malcolm II of Scotland, and Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia. After him are Hawise of Normandy, and Ulric Manfred II of Turin.

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In France

Among people born in France, Adémar de Chabannes ranks 2,746 out of 6,770. Before him are Bernard Stiegler (1952), Sextus Pompeius Festus (150), Paul Émile Chabas (1869), Fernando Ocáriz Braña (1944), Charles Devendeville (1882), and Valery Larbaud (1881). After him are Marcel Camus (1912), Walter of Châtillon (1135), Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao (1796), Jenny Longuet (1844), Antoine François Marmontel (1816), and Antoine Forqueray (1671).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Adémar de Chabannes ranks 27. Before him are Pierre Nora (1931), Guibert of Nogent (1055), Edgar Quinet (1803), Charles Diehl (1859), Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1610), and Roger Chartier (1945). After him are Henri Maspero (1883), Georges Lefebvre (1874), Maxime Rodinson (1915), Gustave Lanson (1857), Marc Ferro (1924), and Gustave Schlumberger (1844).

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