The Historical Work of Louis Gougaud

Abstract

Louis Gougaud was born in 1877 at Malestroit, Morbihan, and, to his death, was faithfully attached to Brittany, exploring its ecclesiastical history, and regularly contributing to the Chronique d'histoire, de géographie et de littérature de la Bretagne. Educated at St. Vincent's College, he entered the university of Rennes as a student of law. From these early studies dates his interest in legal problems as displayed in his work on the history of matrimonial law. At the same time, he was attracted to artistic problems: his earliest publications (1900–6) appeared in literary periodicals.