Jean-Pierre Arrignon (7 April 1943 – 13 April 2021) was a French academic and historian. He specialized in the

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and contemporary Russia.

Biography

After earning an

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in history, Arrignon studied at the

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. He defended a thesis titled ''La chaire métropolitaine de Kiev, des origines à 1240'' at Pantheon-Sorbonne University in 1986 under the direction of

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. His research then centered around the medieval Slavic world, as well as modern-day Russia, largely centered around

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. He taught at the

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and served as Dean of the Faculty of Human Sciences. He also served as an associate professor at

Yaroslavl State University The Yaroslavl Demidov State University (Russian language, Russian: ''Ярославский государственный университет имени П. Г. Демидова'') is an institution of higher education in Yaroslavl, Russia ...

in Russia. In 1998, Arrignon became a member of the

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(IHEDN) and became President of the IHEDN Nord-Pas-de-Calais - Belgique - Luxembourg Regional Association. He was a member of the scientific council at the

University of Picardy Jules Verne The University of Picardy Jules Verne (French language, French: ''Université de Picardie Jules Verne''; UPJV) is a List of universities and colleges in France, public university located in the former Picardy region of France (now part of Hauts-d ...

and of the . He was also a professor of medieval history at the

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, as well as a lecturer at the

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. Jean-Pierre Arrignon died in Paris on 13 April 2021, at the age of 78.

Distinctions

*Knight of the

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*Officer of the

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*Doctor honoris causa at Yaroslavl State University

Bibliography

*''Histoire de l'Europe'' (1990) *''Les Églises slaves : des origines au xve siècle'' (1991) *''La France et les Français aux xive et xve siècles : société et population'' (1993) *''Byzance et le monde orthodoxe'' (1997) *''Christianisme et chrétientés en Occident et en Orient (milieu viie- milieu xie siècle)'' (1997) *''Ränder und Grenzen Europas - eine geopolitische Betrachtung'' (1999) *''L'Akrite : l'épopée byzantine de Digénis Akritas'' (2002) *''La Russie médiévale'' (2003) *''Byzance : économie et société'' (2007) *''Histoire du monde'' (2007) *''Russie'' (2008) *''Chronique de Nestor : naissance des mondes russes'' (2008) *''Pouvoirs, Église et société dans les royaumes de France, Bourgogne et Germanie aux Xe et XIe siècles (888-vers 1110)'' (2008) *''Les trente nuits qui ont fait l’histoire'' (2014) *''Russie des tsars : d'Ivan le Terrible à Vladimir Poutine'' (2016) *''Une Histoire de la Russie'' (2020)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arrignon, Jean-Pierre 1943 births 2021 deaths 20th-century French historians University of Paris alumni Academic staff of the University of Poitiers Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite Officiers of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques Writers from Nantes 21st-century French historians