Charles Marie Adolphe Louis Bayet (25 May 1849,

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– 16 September 1918,

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) was a French historian, who was a specialist in

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Biography

From 1868 he studied at the

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, then enlisted for military service during the

Franco-Prussian War The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia. Lasting from 19 July 1870 to 28 Janua ...

. In late September 1871 he obtained French citizenship. After spending time studying in

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, he became a member of the

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(1873). During the following year, with

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, he participated in a research expedition to

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.Bayet, Charles
IRHiS From 1881 to 1890 he was a professor of history and antiquities of the

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at the Faculty of Letters in

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. Within this time frame, he also became a professor of general

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at the

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(from 1886). In 1890 he was appointed rector at the

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. From 1896 he served as director of primary schooling at the Ministry of Education, and several years later, became director of higher education (1902). Despite being in his mid-60s, he volunteered for military duty at the outbreak of war in 1914 – he succumbed to illness while serving as a lieutenant at the

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and was compelled to return to France.

Published works

In 1883 he published ''L'art byzantin'', a comprehensive work on

that involved its palaces, churches, paintings, enamels, ceramics, and mosaics. * ''Les élections pontificales sous les Carolingiens : VIIIe et IXe siècle'', 1883 – Papal elections under the Carolingians: eighth and ninth century. * ''L'art byzantin'', 1883 – Byzantine art. * ''Les derniers Carolingiens 877-987 : extrait des annales de Saint Bertin, d'Abbo, de Flodoard, de Richard''. L'histoire de France racontée par les contemporains, 1884 – The last Carolingians, 877 to 987. * ''Précis d'histoire de l'art'', 1886 – Synoptic history of art. * ''Le Christianisme, les Barbares, Mérovingiens et Carolingiens'', T. 2,1 (1903); with

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and

Arthur Kleinclausz Arthur Kleinclausz (8 April 1869, in Auxonne – 30 November 1947, in Lyon) was a French medieval historian, best known for his work associated with the histories of Burgundy, Lyon and of the Carolingian era. He studied history at Lyon, and afterw ...

. (

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, the barbarians,

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s and

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s). part of series: ''Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'à la révolution'', a project headed by

Ernest Lavisse Ernest Lavisse (; 17 December 184218 August 1922) was a French historian. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times. Lavisse is also known for being one of the main creator of the ''roman national'' ("National myth", lit. "nat ...

. * ''Giotto'', 1904 –

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.BAYET Marie Adolphe, Louis Charles
Sociétés savantes de France

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bayet, Charles 1849 births 1918 deaths Writers from Liège École Normale Supérieure alumni Academic staff of the University of Lyon French art historians 19th-century French historians 20th-century French historians French military personnel of the Franco-Prussian War French military personnel killed in World War I Members of the French School at Athens French hellenists French Byzantinists