Philippe Contamine

Philippe Contamine
Contamine in 2016
Born(1932-05-07)7 May 1932
Metz, France
Died26 January 2022(2022-01-26) (aged 89)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
EducationUniversity of Paris

Philippe Contamine (7 May 1932 – 26 January 2022) was a French historian. His works focused on the Middle Ages. 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 elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1993.[1]

Contamine died on 26 January 2022 in Paris, at the age of 89.[2]

References

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  1. ↑ "Philippe Contamine". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "L'historien Philippe Contamine est mort". Le Monde. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.