Henri Bresc

Henri Bresc (born 12 December 1939) is a French historian who specialises in the Mediaeval history of Sicily, and particularly in the inter-relation in the Mediterranean area between the three principal monotheistic religions.^[2][3] From 1990 until 2008 he was a professor at Paris X Nanterre university,^[3] and is director of its Centre d'Histoire Sociale et Culturelle de l'Occident.^{[4]: 153 [1]} He previously taught at the University of Nice.^[1]

Henri Bresc
Born	12 December 1939[1] Cannes, France[1]
Occupation	Historian
Nationality	French
Subject	Mediaeval history

In 2002 Bresc received an honorary degree in letters from the University of Palermo.^[2]

Works

Among Bresc's many publications are:^[1]

• Livre et société en Sicile (1299-1499). Palermo: Centro di Studi Filologici e Linguistici Siciliani, 1971
• La Correspondance de Pierre Ameilh, archevêque de Naples, puis d'Embrun (1363-1369). Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1972
• Un monde méditerranéen. Économie et société en Sicile (1300-1450). Rome: École française de Rome, 1986
• Idrîsî: La première géographie de l'Occident. Paris: Garnier-Flammarion, 1999 (with Annliese Nef)
• Una stagione in Sicilia: Nompar de Caumont a Isnello (1420), La Fardelliana, 6/1-2 (1991), pp. 5–25 (in Italian)
• Arabes de langue, Juifs de religion. L'évolution du judaïsme sicilien dans l'environnement latin, XIIe -XVe siècles. Saint-Denis: Bouchène, 2001
  • Italian edition: Arabi per lingua, ebrei per religione. Messina: GEM, 2001