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Armand Gasté

1838–1902

Best known for his work on medieval theater and Norman history, this French scholar devoted much of his writing to the literary and religious past of Rouen and Basse-Normandie. His books range from studies of liturgical drama to carefully edited volumes of Bossuet and older French song traditions.

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Diderot et le Curé de Montchauvet

Diderot et le Curé de Montchauvet

by Armand Gasté

About the author

A 19th-century French man of letters, Armand Gasté is remembered for historical and literary studies rooted in Normandy. His name is closely tied to Les drames liturgiques de la cathédrale de Rouen (1893), a study of early religious drama in France, and to research on popular uprisings in Basse-Normandie during the 15th century.

He also worked as an editor of earlier French texts, preparing editions connected with Bossuet as well as Le Livre des chants nouveaux de Vaudevire. Taken together, these works suggest a writer deeply interested in the meeting point of literature, history, religion, and regional tradition.

Available catalog records identify him as Armand Gasté (1838–1902). I could confirm several of his published works, but I did not find a reliably verifiable portrait image to use here.