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Charles Louandre
1812–1882
A 19th-century French historian and bibliographer, he explored everything from witchcraft and demonology to social customs and literary history. His books blend scholarship with curiosity, making unusual corners of the past feel vivid and readable.
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La sorcellerie
by Charles Louandre
About the author
Born in Abbeville on May 15, 1812, Charles Léopold Louandre was a French historian, bibliographer, and man of letters. He is remembered for wide-ranging work on French literature, social history, and curious historical subjects that still attract modern readers.
Louandre wrote on topics such as witchcraft, demonology, nobility, and material culture, and he also contributed to literary collections and reference-style works. His writing often brings together careful research and a taste for the strange or overlooked details of earlier centuries.
He died in Abbeville on July 31, 1882. Today, he is best known as a learned and versatile 19th-century author whose books open a window onto both the intellectual life of his time and the older worlds he loved to investigate.