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Pierre Dupuy (French pronunciation:[pjɛʁdypɥi]; 27 November 1582 – 14 December 1651), otherwise known asPuteanus, was a French scholar, the son of the humanist and bibliophileClaude Dupuy.
He was born on 27 November 1582, inAgen,Aquitaine.
In 1615, he was commissioned byMathieu Molé, first president of theparlement ofParis, to draw up an inventory of the documents which constituted what at that time was known as theTrésor des chartes. This work occupied eleven years. His manuscript inventory is preserved in the original and in copy in theBibliothèque Nationale, and transcriptions are in the national archives in Paris, at the record office in London,and elsewhere.
Dupuy's classification is still regarded with respect,[by whom?] but the inventory has been partially replaced by the publication of theLayettes du trésor (four volumes, coming down to 1270; 1863–1902). Dupuy also published, with his brother Jacques, and their friendNicolas Rigault, theHistory ofAug. de Thou (1620, 1626).[1] The two brothers then bought from Rigault the post of keeper of the king's library, and drew up a catalogue of the library (Nos. 9352-9354 and 10366-10367 of the Latin collection in the Bibliothèque Nationale).
In the course of this work, Dupuy became acquainted with and copied an enormous mass of unpublished documents, which furnished him with the material for some excellent works:
These works, especially the last, are important contributions to the history of the relations of church and state in theMiddle Ages. They were written from theGallican standpoint, i.e. in favour of the rights of the crown in temporal and political matters, and this explains the delay in their publication until after Dupuy's death.
He wrote alsoTraité des régences et des majorités des rois de France (1655)[2] andRecueil des droits du roi (1658). Dupuy's papers, preserved in the Bibliothèque Nationale, were inventoried by Léon Dorez (Catalogue de la collection Dupuy, 1899). See alsoLéopold Delisle'sLe Cabinet des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque impériale.
Dupuy died in Paris.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dupuy, Pierre".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 690–691.