Publications

The École has an original publishing policy in the humanities and social sciences, reflecting the diversity of its teaching and specialist areas. It now boasts a catalogue of nearly 300 titles, in print and digital form, divided into different collections:

• Magister, a collection of textbooks designed to provide reference works in the École's specialist disciplines (palaeography, philology, diplomatics, history of law, history of books, history of art, etc.);
• ‘Mémoires et Documents’, a collection dating back to 1896 that includes monographs based on theses by former students, as well as major collective works;
• ‘Études et Rencontres’, collective research publications;
• ‘Matériaux pour l'Histoire’, a large-format collection of lavishly illustrated volumes;
• ‘Propos’, a collection of short essays on themes central to the École’s specialist fields, for curious and enlightened amateurs;
• ‘Études et Documents pour une Gallia Pontificia’ published jointly with the Institut historique allemand in Paris

In addition, the Éditions publishes or co-publishes special issues, as well as the annual collection of Positions des thèses soutenues par les élèves pour obtenir le diplôme d’archiviste paléographe (abstracts of theses defended by students to obtain de degree of palaeographer archivist) (also available online).

These books are distributed by FMSH-Diffusion, mainly through the Comptoir des Presses d'Universités. In addition, the Éditions de l’École are also present on the OpenEdition Books platform since 2018, with around forty titles available in open-access HTML format.

The ‘Cahiers Jean-Mabillon’ bring together research work from the junior researchers’ seminars organised at the École nationale des chartes. These publications highlight previously unpublished research and present innovative work carried out by students enrolled in the ‘Archiviste paléographe’ programme or as part of the École’s doctoral activities. Each issue features contributions from all humanities and social sciences fields, with a common thematic focus on the École’s main areas of research: history of art, law, media and institutions, palaeography, codicology, philology, archivistics, etc. The collected papers span from the Middle Ages (and even Antiquity) to the contemporary period. The ‘Cahiers’ are rich in the diversity of disciplinary approaches and collections explored (archival documents and books, as well as audiovisual media) and reflect the vitality of current research at the École nationale des chartes.

The Éditions of CTHS has been publishing research and higher education books since 1834. They publish around fifteen new books every year. They are disseminated by AFPU-Diffusion and distributed by Sodis. 

These books are available in bookshops and can be ordered directly from the CTHS. They are regularly featured at book fairs (the Rendez-vous de l'Histoire de Blois, the Festival d'Histoire de l'Art de Fontainebleau, etc.) and in public presentations (as part of the ‘Quatrième de couverture’ lecture series, for example).

The abundance of co-publications demonstrates the CTHS's ability to forge sound partnerships with prestigious institutions and publishing houses.

Conference proceedings are available free of charge in PDF formaton the CTHS website or through partnerships with the Persée or OpenEdition portals.