Philippe Contamine
Philippe Contamine (7 May 1932 – 26 January 2022) was a French historian of the Middle Ages who specialised in military history and the history of the nobility.
Philippe Contamine | |
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 Contamine in 2016 | |
| Born | 7 May 1932 |
| Died | 26 January 2022 (aged 89) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | University of Paris |
Life
Contamine was a president of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, the Société de l'histoire de France, and the Societé des Antiquaires de France. He taught at the Université de Nancy, the Université de Paris X at Nanterre and Université de Paris IV (Paris-Sorbonne). He was an officer of the Légion d’Honneur and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
He died on 26 January 2022, at the age of 89.[1]
Select bibliography
- Guerre, État et Société à la Fin du Moyen Âge. Études sur les armées des rois de France, 1337-1494 (doctoral thesis, Paris, 1972)
- La Guerre au Moyen-Âge (1980)
- La France et l'Angleterre pendant la guerre de Cent Ans, (Hachette, 1982).
- Guerre et Société en France, en Angleterre et en Bourgogne XIVe et XVe siècles (Lille, 1991)
- Histoire Militaire de la France vol.1 (Paris, 1992)
- 'The Soldiery in Late Medieval Society', in French History 8 (1994)
- La noblesse au royaume de France, de Philippe le Bel à Louis XII (1997)
- Histoire de la France politique. I, Le Moyen Âge, 481-1514, le roi, l'Église, les grands, le peuple (2002)
References
- "L'historien Philippe Contamine est mort". Le Monde. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- Biography at the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
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