6 2 0 ). ▁A ▁hundred ▁years ▁later , ▁Samuel ▁Buck ley ▁published ▁a ▁critical ▁edition , ▁the ▁material ▁for ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁collected ▁in ▁France ▁itself ▁by ▁Thomas ▁Car te ▁( 1 7 3 3 ). ▁De ▁Th ou ▁was ▁treated ▁as ▁a ▁classic , ▁an ▁honour ▁which ▁he ▁des erved . ▁ ▁His ▁history ▁is ▁a ▁model ▁of ▁exact ▁research , ▁drawn ▁from ▁the ▁best ▁sources , ▁and ▁presented ▁in ▁an ▁elegant ▁and ▁animated ▁style ; ▁unfortunately , ▁even ▁for ▁the ▁men ▁of ▁the ▁Renaissance , ▁Latin ▁was ▁a ▁dead ▁language ; ▁it ▁was ▁impossible ▁for ▁de ▁Th ou ▁to ▁find ▁exact ▁equival ents ▁for ▁technical ▁terms ▁of ▁ge ography ▁or ▁of ▁administration . ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁reasons ▁which ▁had ▁led ▁de ▁Th ou ▁to ▁forb id ▁the ▁translation ▁of ▁his ▁monument al ▁history ▁disappeared ▁with ▁his ▁death , ▁there ▁was ▁soon ▁a ▁move ▁to ▁make ▁it ▁more ▁accessible . ▁It ▁was ▁translated ▁first ▁into ▁German . ▁A ▁Protest ant ▁past or , ▁G ▁Bou le , ▁who ▁was ▁afterwards ▁converted ▁to ▁Catholic ism , ▁translated ▁it ▁into ▁French , ▁but ▁could ▁not ▁find ▁a ▁publish er . ▁The ▁first ▁translation ▁printed ▁was ▁that ▁of ▁Pierre ▁Du ▁R yer ▁( 1 6 5 7 ), ▁but ▁it ▁is ▁medi oc re ▁and ▁incomplete . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁following ▁century ▁the ▁abb é ▁Pr év ost , ▁who ▁was ▁a ▁cons cient ious ▁collabor ator ▁with ▁the ▁Bened ict ines ▁of ▁Saint - M aur ▁before ▁he ▁became ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁the