Académie Royale de Villefranche

Académie Royale de Villefranche =
Royal Academy of Villefranche

Founding of the Society

Year Authority / Notes

1695 A founding date of 1695 is given on p.19 of T.1 of Roche (1978).
Its website () indicates that this Academy followed a prior "Société particulière de Gens de Lettres" formed in 1667. It also noted that based on the success of that Society, in December of 1695, the Duc d'Orléans (brother of Louis XIV) became interested in creating a formal entity, and obtained letters patent to establish an Académie Royale.

The CTHS - Sociétés Savantes database indicates that the Academy was originally founded around the jurist Alexandre Bessie du Peloux in 1677, and became a royal academy when Louis XIV granted it letters patent in 1695. The CTHS - Sociétés Savantes database, however, gives 1695 as the Date de création, suggesting that, in some sense the entity founded in 1677 was rather more informal in nature than that of 1695.
According to the CTHS - Sociétés Savantes database, the Academy was suppressed in 1793, then was revived in 1899 as the Société des Sciences et Arts du Beaujolais, was changed in 1930 to Société des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres du Beaujolais, and then in 1964 became the Académie de Villefranche-en-Beaujolais. A bit further down on the page at the CTHS - Sociétés Savantes database, however, we read that the entity had the name Société des Sciences, Arts et Lettres du Beaujolais [not Belles-Lettres] from 1930 to 1956 [not 1963 or 1964].

Seat of the Society

City Authority / Notes

Villefranche-sur-Saone
France This location is supported by the CTHS - Sociétés Savantes database.

Name of the Society

Dates Name Authority

1695 - 1793 Académie Royale de Villefranche Its website ()

1899 - 1930 Société des Sciences et Arts du Beaujolais CTHS - Sociétés Savantes database

1930 - 1956 or 1964 Société des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres du Beaujolais CTHS - Sociétés Savantes database gives both 1956 and 1964

1956 or 1964 - Académie de Villefranche-en-Beaujolais CTHS - Sociétés Savantes database gives both 1956 and 1964

Académie de Villefranche et du Beaujolais

Journals of the Society

Years Full Journal Title Abbrev. Indexed
1900-juil./sept. 1914
[I-XV, n.1-57];
1928-ca.1941
[XVI]-[...];

A Bulletin de la Société des sciences et arts du Beaujolais
The record in the Bibliot. Nat. France cat. indicates that later in its run it was called the Bulletin de la Société des sciences, arts et belles-lettres du Beaujolais.
[Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]

1969 - 1994?

B Bulletin de l'année - Académie de Villefranche-en-Beaujolais
[Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]

Académie Royale de Villefranche = Royal Academy of Villefranche
Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1695	A founding date of 1695 is given on p.19 of T.1 of Roche (1978). Its website () indicates that this Academy followed a prior "Société particulière de Gens de Lettres" formed in 1667. It also noted that based on the success of that Society, in December of 1695, the Duc d'Orléans (brother of Louis XIV) became interested in creating a formal entity, and obtained letters patent to establish an Académie Royale. The CTHS - Sociétés Savantes database indicates that the Academy was originally founded around the jurist Alexandre Bessie du Peloux in 1677, and became a royal academy when Louis XIV granted it letters patent in 1695. The CTHS - Sociétés Savantes database, however, gives 1695 as the *Date de création, suggesting that, in some sense the entity founded in 1677 was rather more informal in nature than that of 1695. According to the CTHS - Sociétés Savantes database, the Academy was suppressed in 1793, then was revived in 1899 as the Société des Sciences et Arts du Beaujolais, was changed in 1930 to Société des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres du Beaujolais, and then in 1964 became the Académie de Villefranche-en-Beaujolais. A bit further down on the page at the CTHS - Sociétés Savantes database, however, we read that the entity had the name Société des Sciences, Arts et Lettres du Beaujolais* [not Belles-Lettres] from 1930 to 1956 [not 1963 or 1964].
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Villefranche-sur-Saone France	This location is supported by the CTHS - Sociétés Savantes database.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1695 - 1793	*Académie Royale de Villefranche*	Its website ()
1899 - 1930	*Société des Sciences et Arts du Beaujolais*	CTHS - Sociétés Savantes database
1930 - 1956 or 1964	*Société des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres du Beaujolais*	CTHS - Sociétés Savantes database gives both 1956 and 1964
1956 or 1964 -	*Académie de Villefranche-en-Beaujolais*	CTHS - Sociétés Savantes database gives both 1956 and 1964
Académie de Villefranche et du Beaujolais

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.	Indexed
1900-juil./sept. 1914 [I-XV, n.1-57]; 1928-ca.1941 [XVI]-[...]; A	*Bulletin de la Société des sciences et arts du Beaujolais* The record in the Bibliot. Nat. France cat. indicates that later in its run it was called the *Bulletin de la Société des sciences, arts et belles-lettres du Beaujolais*. [Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]
1969 - 1994? B	*Bulletin de l'année - Académie de Villefranche-en-Beaujolais* [Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]