The Leopardus program (2004-2017)

The program has been coordinated by Thierry Pécout. It is based on several collaborations, but four institutional partners have more closely been involved in the program.

• The research group on powers and societies in medieval and modern western Europe (Québec University of Montreal, University of Montreal, University of Ottawa, Laval University of Québec).
• The UMR 6130 CEPAM (Centre d’études Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen Âge) of SophiaAntipolis University of Nice.
• The UMR 7303 TELEMME (Temps, Espaces, Langages, Europe MéridionaleMéditerranée of the University of Aix-Marseille).
• The UMR 7298 LA3M (Laboratoire d’Archéologie Médiévale et Moderne en Méditerranée) of the University of AixMarseille.

This international program is intended to provide a scientific edition of the general survey which was carried out in the counties of Provence, Forcalquier and Ventimiglia, by the archpriest of Benevento Leopardo da Foligno, on behalf of his master, king Robert of Anjou, between 1332 and 1334, in the time when Provence and the kingdom of Naples were a single principality.

The program has received the economic support of the following institutions:

The Principality of Monaco
Conseil départemental des Alpes-Maritimes
Conseil départemental des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Le Conseil départemental des Bouches-du-Rhône
Le Conseil départemental du Var
Le Conseil départemental de Vaucluse
The city of Draguignan
The Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
The National research agency
Institut Universitaire de France
Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives

The documents related to the survey are twenty-eight registers, some of which have copies, preserved in the archives of Bouches-du-Rhône. Some are brief, but most have more than one hundred folios. They include the information collected by the royal inquisitors dispatched by king Robert in August 1331 in each administrative district of the county of Provence. They record all the income the royal court could count on. They denounce abuses and infringements of princely rights.

The research activities were carried out by about 30 researchers, with the coordination of the medievalists of the MMSH (UMR TELEMME and UMR LA3M) and of the UMR CEPAM of Nice. This long-term programme fits into the renewal of the studies on the Angevin dynasty in the last centuries of the Middle Ages; during the last decade, such studies have involved historians from the universities of Angers, Aix-en-Provence, Milan, Naples, Zagreb. Since 2004, this cooperation has resulted in frequent scientific exchanges, especially on the occasion of the 12 annual colloquia, which took place in Aix-en-Provence between 2004 and 2015, and of the international colloquium of 2009.

The collaborators of the Leopardus program:

• Étienne Anheim, Université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin, EA ESR, etienne.anheim[at]uvsq.fr
• Simone Balossino, Université d’Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse, UMR CIHAM, simone.balossino[at]univ-avignon.fr
• Benoît Beaucage, Université du Québec à Rimouski, byzance[at]globetrotter.net
• Christopher Beck, Fordham University, cdbeck[at]gmail.com
• Philippe Bernardi, Université de Paris I, UMR LAMOP, bernardi.philippe[at]wanadoo.fr
• Jean-Luc Bonnaud, Université de Moncton, jean-luc.bonnaud[at]UMoncton.ca
• Marc Bouiron, Direction interrégionale Méditerranée, INRAP, marc.bouiron[at]inrap.fr
• Jean-Paul Boyer, Université d’Aix-Marseille, UMR TELEMME, jean-paul.boyer[at]univ-amu.fr
• Sylvain Burri, CNRS, UMR LA3M, burri[at]mmsh.univ-aix.fr
• Paolo Buffo, Università degli Studi di Torino, paolobuffo[at]alice.it
• Germain Butaud, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, UMR CÉPAM, germain.butaud[at]wanadoo.fr
• Caroline Carlon, doctorante, Université d’Aix-Marseille I, caroline.carlon[at]gmail.com
• Damien Carraz, Université de Clermont-Ferrand, damien.carraz[at]wanadoo.fr
• Marco Cassioli, docteur de l’Università degli Studi di Torino, marcocassioli[at]libero.it
• Sandrine Claude, Mission archéologie, Ville d’Aix-en-Provence, ClaudeS[at]mairie-aixenprovence.fr
• Noël Coulet, Université d’Aix-Marseille, UMR TELEMME, coulet.noel[at]wanadoo.fr
• John Drendel, Université du Québec à Montréal, drendel.john_v[at]uqam.ca
• Gérard Giordanengo, École nationale des Chartes, g.giordanengo[at]wanadoo.fr
• Michel Hébert, Université du Québec à Montréal, hebert.michel[at]uqam.ca
• Philippe Jansen, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, UMR CÉPAM, Philippe.Jansen[at]unice.fr
• Juliette Lassalle, docteur de l’Université de Paris I, lassalle.juliette[at]gmail.com
• Anne Mailloux, Université d’Aix-Marseille, UMR LA3M, mailloux[at]mmsh.univ-aix.fr
• Florian Mazel, Université de Rennes II, CERHIO (FRE CNRS), mazelf[at]club-internet.fr
• Francine Michaud, University of Calgary, michaud[at]ucalgary.ca  
• Nathalie Molina, INRAP Provence, nathalie.molina[at]inrap.fr
• Antonio Olivieri, Università degli Studi di Torino, antonio-olivieri[at]unito.it
• François Otchakovsky-Laurens, docteur de l’Université d’Aix-Marseille, f.otchakovsky.laurens[at]gmail.com
• Thierry Pécout, Université de Saint-Étienne, UMR LEM-CERCOR, pecout[at]mmsh.univ-aix.fr
• Christine Portier-Martin, docteur de l’Université d’Aix-Marseille I, christine.portier[at]club-internet.fr
• Riccardo Rao, Università degli Studi di Bergamo, riccardo.rao[at]unibg.it
• Claude Roux, docteur de l’Université d’Aix-Marseille, UMR TELEMME, claude.roux[at]cegetel.net
• Élisabeth Sauze, Direction régionale des affaires culturelles, SRI, sauze.elisabeth[at]wanadoo.fr
• Juliette Sibon, Université de Toulouse-Albi, UMR LEM-NGJ, sibonjuliette[at]aim.com  
• Daniel Lord Smail, Harvard University, Cambridge (MA), smail[at]fas.harvard.edu
• Joachim Stephan, Université de Poznań / (Pologne), joachimstephan[at]gmx.de
• Louis Stouff (†), Université d’Aix-Marseille
• Valérie Theis, Université de Marne-la-Vallée, UMR CIHAM, Lyon II, valerie.theis[at]univ-mlv.fr
• Alain Venturini, Archives départementales de l’Aveyron, alain.venturini[at]orange.fr
• Laure Verdon, Université d’Aix-Marseille, UMR TELEMME, Verdon[at]mmsh.univ-aix.fr

Related research programs:

Capetian domains

GDR “Capetians and their kingdom (987-1328): territorial, administrative and documentary dynamics”, which has produced two databases, on the royal surveys and on the acts of the kings Philip III and Philip IV.

Plantagenêt domains

GDR Mondes britanniques, UMR LAMOP, University of Paris I, October 17-18, 2013 “Les enquêtes en Grande-Bretagne, XI^e-XX^e siècle: savoirs et instruments de gouvernement – Surveys in Great Britain, 11^th-20^th centuries: Knowledge and Instruments of Government”, (1) and (2).

Kingdom of Portugal

Regnum regis program, “As inquirições do reinado de Afonso II (1211-1223)”, of the Instituto de Estudos Medievais (Universita Nova da Lisboa), with a database.