Charles-Victor Langlois (May 26, 1863, in Rouen - June 25, 1929, in Paris) was a French historian and paleographer, who specialized in the Study of the Middle Ages and taught at the Sorbonne, where he taught paleography, bibliography, and the History of the Middle Ages.
His "Manual of Historical Bibliography" was a fundamental manual on how bibliographic methods, which went along with his studies of the historical method..
Langlois was a leader in use of the historical method, which taught a scientific form of studying history.
He was director of the National Archives of France from 1913 to 1929.
He taught at the University of Douai before moving to the Sorbonne.
Langlois attended the École Nationale des Chartes and earned a doctorate in History in 1887.
Charles-Victor Langlois (May 26, 1863, in Rouen - June 25, 1929, in Paris) was a French historian and paleographer, who specialized in the Study of the Middle Ages and taught at the Sorbonne, where he taught paleography, bibliography, and the History of the Middle Ages
