Jean Richard (historian)
Encyclopedia
Jean Richard is a leading French
historian
, who specializes in medieval history
. He is an authority on the Crusades
, and his work on the Latin missions in Asia has been qualified as "unsurpassed". Richard is a member of the Institut de France
. He has been President of the prestigious Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
since 2002.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
historian
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 specializes in medieval history
Medievalism
Medievalism is the system of belief and practice characteristic of the Middle Ages, or devotion to elements of that period, which has been expressed in areas such as architecture, literature, music, art, philosophy, scholarship, and various vehicles of popular culture.Since the 18th century, a...
. He is an authority on the Crusades
Crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars, blessed by the Pope and the Catholic Church with the main goal of restoring Christian access to the holy places in and near Jerusalem...
, and his work on the Latin missions in Asia has been qualified as "unsurpassed". Richard is a member of the Institut de France
Institut de France
The Institut de France is a French learned society, grouping five académies, the most famous of which is the Académie française.The institute, located in Paris, manages approximately 1,000 foundations, as well as museums and chateaux open for visit. It also awards prizes and subsidies, which...
. He has been President of the prestigious 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:...
since 2002.
Publications
- Le comté de Tripoli sous la dynastie toulousaine (1102-1187), 1945
- Le royaume latin de Jérusalem, 1953
- Les ducs de Bourgogne et la formation du duché XIe-XIVe siècle, 1954 (thèse)
- Le cartulaire de Marcigny-sur-Loire (1045-1144), 1957 (thèse complémentaire)
- Histoire de la Bourgogne, 1957
- Chypre sous les Lusignans. Documents chypriotes des Archives du Vatican (XIVe et XVe siècles), 1962
- Simon de Saint-Quentin. Histoire des Tartares, 1965
- L'esprit de la croisade, 1969
- La papauté et les missions d'Orient au Moyen Âge, 1977
- Histoire de la Bourgogne, 1978 (dir.)
- Les récits de voyages et de pèlerinages, 1981
- Le livre des remembrances de la Secrète du Royaume de Chypre (1468-1469), 1983 (en coll. avec T. Papadopoullos)
- Saint Louis, roi d'une France féodale, soutien de la Terre Sainte, 1983
- The Crusades: c. 1071 - c. 1291 (1999), Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-62566-1, translated by Jean Birrell
- Histoire des croisades, Fayard, 1996)