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French historian (1921–2019) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pierre Riché (October 4, 1921 – May 6, 2019)[1] was a French historian specializing in the early Middle Ages and the year 1000 (French: An mil or An mille).
Pierre Riché | |
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Born | |
Died | 6 May 2019 97) | (aged
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | Faculté des lettres de Paris |
Occupation | Historian |
Children | Pascal Riché |
Website | pierreriche |
After studying at the Faculté des lettres de Paris, he passed the aggregation of history in 1948,[2] and taught at the high school of Constantine (Algeria) and at Le Mans. In 1953, he was appointed assistant at the Sorbonne.
From 1957 to 1960 Pierre Riché taught as assistant professor in Tunis, before joining the University of Rennes. In 1962, he obtained his doctorate[3] of 3 with a thesis on Education and culture in the barbaric West. He was then appointed professor at the Faculty of letters of Nanterre in October 1967. In 1968, he founded the Center for Research on Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. He retired in 1989.
He is the father of the journalist Pascal Riché.
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