Publications

“Writing is a matter for historians”

Quotation reported by the exhibition panel [A]

In journals

Among others, the exhibition panel names the following journals: [A]

• Revue de l’Agenais
• Revue historique de Bordeaux
• Bulletin de la Société d’histoire du protestantisme français

Bibliography of Claude Martin

List drawn up from a page of references compiled in 2019 [R], then checked against library catalogues. Each reference states how far this checking has gone.

Lists of people from Clairac published or compiled by Claude Martin

• Claude Martin, « Réfugiés de la Basse-Dordogne après la révocation de l’édit de Nantes », Revue historique de Bordeaux et du département de la Gironde, Bordeaux, avril-septembre 1966, p. 91-102.

  The refugees from Bergerac and the Dordogne valley who received relief in Frankfurt, with their trades and destinations. Checked Checked against a digitised copy (cover and signed article) and on Persée (vol. 15). The 2019 page of references gives “pp 92-102”. [R]

  Publication record

• Claude Martin, « Réfugiés et galériens protestants de l’Agenais, du Périgord et du Condomois », Bulletin de la Société de l’histoire du protestantisme français, Paris, octobre-décembre 1966.

  Protestants from the region who went into exile or were sentenced to the galleys. To be checked Pages 345-364 according to Lucile Bourrachot, Annales du Midi, 1969, on Persée; the volume and the article itself remain to be checked in a catalogue or on a copy. [R]

  Publication record

• Marie-Claude Guibert, Gabriel Debien et Claude Martin, « L’émigration vers la Louisiane (La Rochelle, Nantes, Clairac), 1698-1754 », Actes du 97^e Congrès national des sociétés savantes, Nantes, 1972, histoire moderne, t. 2, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, 1977, p. 97-136 ; tiré à part : Nantes, 1972 (Notes d’histoire coloniale, 178).

  Departures for Louisiana, including men from Clairac who signed on. Checked Checked: BnF record of the offprint; edition of the proceedings (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, 1977) according to the reference page compiled in 2019. [R]

  Publication record

• Archival source This is not a publication by Claude Martin: the reference page cites it among the lists of people from Clairac.

  Rolle des Nouveaux Convertis (1699) : liste de 3 274 protestants de Clairac contraints d’abjurer pour rester à Clairac. Archives départementales de Lot-et-Garonne, GH art. 129 et GH art. 328.

Other publications

• Claude Martin, « Contribution à l’histoire religieuse de la France au XVII^e siècle. Réfugiés de Clairac à Frankfurt-am-Main », Revue de l’Agenais, 1966, p. 79-84.

  The refugees from Clairac who received relief in Frankfurt. Verified Pages quoted as “p. 79-85” by Lucile Bourrachot, Annales du Midi, 1969, on Persée, “p. 79-84” by the bibliography of the Société des amis de Clairac. Article (title and 1966 journal) checked against its digitised version posted online by the Société des amis de Clairac; pages to be checked. [R]

  Publication record

• Claude Martin, « Les structures sociales et foncières du vignoble de Clairac en 1767 », dans Vignobles et vins d’Aquitaine : histoire, économie, art (actes du XX^e Congrès d’études régionales, Bordeaux, 1967), Bordeaux, Fédération historique du Sud-Ouest, 1970, p. 155-173.

  The landowners and land of the Clairac vineyards. To be checked The volume has been checked (BnF record); the article and its pages remain to be checked. [R]

  Publication record

• Claude Martin, « David Geneste, a Huguenot vine grower at Cobham », Surrey Archaeological Collections, vol. 68, 1971, p. 153-160.

  A Huguenot vine grower from Clairac employed at Cobham (Surrey, England) in the 18^th century. Checked Checked: contents of volume 68 (1971) digitised by the Archaeology Data Service (article signed by Claude Martin, p. The article can be read online (PDF, in English, accessed 8 October 2026). 153-160). [R]

  Publication record

• Claude Martin, « Les artisans du bois à Clairac aux XVII^e et XVIII^e siècles », dans Casteljaloux et la forêt aquitaine (actes du XXIII^e Congrès d’études régionales, Casteljaloux, 1971), Nérac, J. Owen, 1973, p. 167-174.

  The woodworking trades in Clairac. To be checked The volume has been checked (BnF record); the article and its pages remain to be checked. [R]

  Publication record

• Claude Martin, « Recherches sur la navigation et les gens de rivière à Clairac aux XVII^e et XVIII^e siècles », Revue de l’Agenais, 1978, p. 13-29.

  The port of Clairac on the Lot and its boatmen. Verified Checked against the digitised version posted online by the Société des amis de Clairac (signed article, “with the collaboration of A.-M. Cocula and J.-P. Poussou”); pages according to the bibliography of the Société des amis de Clairac. [R]

  Publication record

• Claude Martin, « L’éclairage électrique à Clairac », Revue de l’Agenais, 1994, p. 611-612.

  The coming of electricity to Clairac. Verified Checked against the digitised version posted online by the Société des amis de Clairac (no. 3, July-September 1994, article signed “Cl. Martin”); pages according to the bibliography of the Société des amis de Clairac. [R]

  Publication record

• Claude Martin de Robert, « Notes sur la verrerie et les verriers de Cabanes », 1977, Bulletin du Comité d’études historiques et archéologiques du Pastourais (texte d’une conférence).

  On a glassworks and its glassmaking gentlemen. To be checked The issue number (probably no. 5), the pages and the spelling Cabanes or Cabannes remain to be checked; the text is being sought.

  Record and sources

On the glassmaking gentlemen

References reported by the family in October 2026, given as passed on; what public sources say about them is on the page The glassmaking gentlemen.

• Claude Martin de Robert, « Notes sur les verriers du Couserans », 1985, actes du LV^e Congrès de la Fédération des sociétés académiques et savantes Languedoc-Pyrénées-Gascogne.

  Document wanted Record and sources

• Claude Martin de Robert, « La collection du baron Sevin », 1992, Circulaire de La Réveillée n° 1016.

  Text online Record and sources

On Clairac

• J. Caubet, Histoire de Clairac, Nérac, 1979.

• Clairac et son abbaye, colloque du 21 mai 2016, Académie d’Agen, 2016.

• Clairac et la Réforme, XVI^e-XVII^e siècles, colloque du 2 juin 2018, Académie d’Agen, 2019.

• General bibliography of the Société des amis de Clairac, online.

References gathered with the help of Glenys.

Publications citing Claude Martin

Other authors draw on his research.

• Clair Morizet, « De Clairac au Clérac, pour une histoire du tabac à Clairac », dossier « Le tabac », La Mémoire du fleuve (Tonneins), n° 61, décembre 2017.

  The article quotes a deed by the notary Gadiot of 26 August 1718 (“Enrolment for Louisiana” of two brothers who were coopers and a farm labourer), found by Claude Martin and presented at the 1972 Nantes congress. Verified The journal is verified (BnF record); article signed by Clair Morizet, posted online by the Société des amis de Clairac. It also quotes the oldest lease for planting tobacco found by Claude Martin (8 December 1637). [T]

They cited Claude Martin

Historians of the Refuge, of Louisiana, of Huguenot Ireland or of wine: 20 books and journals cite his work or thank him. These references come from a search in Google Books; only short snippets are visible there, hence simple “cited in” mentions, without long quotations.

Refugees

• Cited in G. Hanlon, Confession and Community in Seventeenth-century France, 1993, p. 256. Claude Martin identified 981 refugees from the region, 761 of them (78%) on the Nérac–Castelmoron axis.
• Cited in C. E. J. Caldicott, H. Gough et J.-P. Pittion (dir.), The Huguenots and Ireland: Anatomy of an Emigration, 1987, p. 112. According to Claude Martin, the refugees from Clairac who went to Ireland did not pass through Frankfurt: they seem to have left by sea.
• Cited in C. Lafont, Histoire du protestantisme en Périgord, 1998, p. 150. The transit of refugees through Frankfurt, from 1686 to 1720.
• Cited in Bulletin de la Société des sciences, lettres et arts de Pau, 1969, p. 274.
• Cited in Annales du Midi, vol. 96, 1984, p. 303.
• Cited in Bulletin de la Société de l’histoire du protestantisme français, 1985, p. 239. An article by D. Urvoy on Clairac in the 18^th century.

Louisiana

• Cited in G. R. Conrad (dir.), The French Experience in Louisiana, 1995, p. 162.
• Cited in Cummins et Jeansonne, A Guide to the History of Louisiana, 1982, p. 9.
• Cited in Augeron et Guillemet, Champlain ou les portes du Nouveau-Monde, 2004, p. 394.
• Cited in Revue d’histoire de l’Amérique française, vol. 31, 1977, p. 280.

The vineyard of Clairac in 1767

• Cited in Ch. Higounet (dir.), Recherches sur l’histoire de l’occupation du sol du Périgord, 1978, p. 161.
• Cited in J. Beauroy, Vin et société à Bergerac, 1976, p. 115.
• Cited in M. Figeac, L’automne des gentilshommes, 2002, p. 150.
• Cited in Revue historique, vol. 250, 1973, p. 277.
• Cited in Vignes, vins et vignerons de Saint-Émilion, 2000, p. 91.

Acknowledgements

• Cited in J. Lacouture, Montesquieu, les vendanges de la liberté, 2003.
• Cited in G. Hanlon, L’univers des gens de bien, 1989.
• Cited in Revue de l’Agenais, 1994, p. 479. The authors thank Claude Martin for opening his archives to them.
• Cited in M.-J. Vielcazat-Petitcol, Lot-et-Garonne, terre d’exil, terre d’asile, 2006, p. 451.
• Cited in F. Hamelin, La Résistance vue d’en bas, 1994, p. 232. For the 20^th century.

Snippets checked on Google Books (limited preview), accessed 8 October 2026: search “Claude Martin” Clairac.

An unpublished work

French Protestants (Huguenots) in Clairac, 1600s-1700s: Lists of refugees from Clairac and the surrounding Lot-et-Garonne area of France: unpublished work. On 12 November 2019, the Huguenot Library (University College London) acknowledged receipt of a copy, donated by his niece Florence Lung through Glenys Bolland. [C]

Claude Martin’s papers held elsewhere

Part of his work is held outside his family, in specialist libraries:

• Huguenot Library (University College London): a copy of his unpublished compilation on the refugees from Clairac, donated in 2019 (see above). [C]

• Library of the Société de l’histoire du protestantisme français (SHPF), Paris: a handwritten file of his records on the de Grenier family, glassmaking gentlemen; at least twelve sheets, records from 1610 to 1940. To be checked The shelfmark is not yet known. The file is not reproduced here; what it tells us is summarised in the lab record.

• Archives départementales de Lot-et-Garonne: a Claude Martin collection is reported there. To be confirmed

In the site’s archives

The digitised documents that speak of Claude Martin can be consulted in their original version.

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