École des chartes
Sign in to saveAlso known as ÉnC, ÉNC, Ecole imperiale des chartes, National School of Charters, Ecole nationale des chartes, Ecole des chartes, École impériale des chartes
grande école in Paris specialised in history
Key facts
- Other name
- National School of Charters
- Former names
- École royale des chartes (1822–1848) , École impériale des chartes (1852–1871)
- Type
- Grande école ; Grand établissement
- Established
- 22 February 1821 ; 205 years ago ( 1821-02-22 )
- Affiliations
- PSL University ; Campus Condorcet
- Director
- Jean-François Balaudé (provisional administrator)
- Address
- 65 rue de Richelieu , Paris , France
- Campus
- 2nd arrondissement of Paris
- Language
- French
- Website
- www .chartes .psl .eu
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Education
- Founded
- 1821
- Location
- Paris, France
- Status
- Active
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Encyclopedic overview
The École nationale des chartes – PSL ( French pronunciation: [ekɔl nɑsjɔnal de ʃaʁt]), sometimes rendered in English as the National School of Charters, is a French grande école and grand établissement specialising in the historical sciences, archival studies, palaeography, diplomatics, the history of the book and digital humanities. Founded by royal ordinance on 22 February 1821, it is a constituent institution of PSL University.
The school was originally associated with the National Archives and was later located at the Palais de la Sorbonne. Since October 2014, it has been based at 65 rue de Richelieu in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, opposite the Richelieu site of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “École des chartes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.