Charles Diehl
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Charles Diehl was a French historian
who was a native of Strasbourg
. He was a leading authority on Byzantine art
and history.
He received his education at the Ecole Normale Supérieure
, and later taught classes on Byzantine history at the Sorbonne
. He was member of the École française de Rome (1881–1883) and the École française d'Athènes. In 1910 he became a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres
.
Diehl was the author of several influential books on Byzantine art
and history. His treatise Byzance. Grandeur et décadence was translated into English by Naomi Walford and published in 1957 as "Byzantium: Greatness and Decline". Other publications by Diehl include:
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
who was a native of Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
. He was a leading authority on Byzantine art
Byzantine art
Byzantine art is the term commonly used to describe the artistic products of the Byzantine Empire from about the 5th century until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453....
and history.
He received his education at the Ecole Normale Supérieure
École Normale Supérieure
The École normale supérieure is one of the most prestigious French grandes écoles...
, and later taught classes on Byzantine history at the Sorbonne
Sorbonne
The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...
. He was member of the École française de Rome (1881–1883) and the École française d'Athènes. In 1910 he became a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres
Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres is a French learned society devoted to the humanities, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France.-History:...
.
Diehl was the author of several influential books on Byzantine art
Byzantine art
Byzantine art is the term commonly used to describe the artistic products of the Byzantine Empire from about the 5th century until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453....
and history. His treatise Byzance. Grandeur et décadence was translated into English by Naomi Walford and published in 1957 as "Byzantium: Greatness and Decline". Other publications by Diehl include:
- L'Art byzantin dans L'Italie méridionale, (1894)
- L'Afrique byzantine, (1896)
- Justinien et la Civilisation byzantine au 6. Siècle, (1901)
- Theodora, Imperatrice de Byzance, (1904)
- Figures Byzantines, (1906–1908)
- Excursions archéologiques en Grèce, (1908)
- Manuel d'art byzantin, (1910)
- Histoire de l'empire byzantin, 1920
- L'Art chrétien primitif et l'art byzantin, (1928)
- La Peinture byzantine, (1933)
- Les Grands Problèmes de l'Histoire Byzantine, (1943)