A Few Words on the History of the Comtat Venaissin
What is the Comtat Venaissin where our Association is established?
The "Comtat Venaissin" is mainly a historical denomination and corresponds to the pontifical state in the 14th century, not including the city of Avignon. With the revolution, this state disappeared and the Comtat Venaissin became a name for a geographical region around Carpentras without its limits being precisely defined. At the beginning of the 20th century, in 2002, the "Community of Communes Ventoux - Comtat Venaissin", named "La CoVe" was created and thus, Comtat Venaissin again became a well-defined administrative and geographical entity, under another name.
Download the more detailed little study on the definition and the history of the "Comtat Venaissin".
The document, which was orginally written in French has been translated into English by Peter Guillery.
History of the COMTAT VENAISSIN - Short Bibliography
Extract from the rich catalogue of the Inguimbertine municipal library (some are available for consultation only)
Henri Dubled, Histoire du Comtat Venaissin, 1981
Claude Faure, Etude sur l’administration et l’histoire du Comtat Venaissin du XIIIe au XVe siècle (1229-1417)
Joseph Liabastres, Histoire de Carpentras, ancienne capitale du Comtat Venaissin, 1973
Armand Mossé , Histoire des Juifs d’Avignon et du Comtat Venaissin, 1976
Fernand Benoit, La Provence et le Comtat Venaissin : Arts et Traditions Populaires, 1975
Louis Loubet, Carpentras et le Comtat Venaissin avant et après l’annexion : étude historique, 2003
Christophe Grandemange, Carpentras de A à Z, 2009
René Bruni, Il était une fois le Vaucluse, 2000
Robert Bailly, Histoire du vin en Vaucluse : les domaines vinicoles historiques, 1972
René Borricand, Le Vaucluse : (son histoire, ses monuments, ses châteaux) ses vieilles familles, 2012