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Achille Luchaire[AshEl´ lUsher´] Pronunciation Key, 1846–1908, French historian. He edited, in collaboration with Berthold Zeller, L'Histoire de France racontEe par les contemporains (65 vol., 1880–90), a collection of excerpts from original sources. His Histoire des institutions monarchiques de la France sous les premiers CapEtiens (2d ed., 2 vol., 1891), Manuel des institutions franCaises: PEriode des CapEtiens directs (1892), Les Communes franCaises A l'Epoque des CapEtiens directs (rev. ed. 1890), and Social France at the Time of Philip Augustus (1909, tr. 1912, repr. 1970) are authoritative studies of medieval France under the Capetians and are written in a style noted for its lucidity.
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