Jean Barthélémy Richard (7 February 1921 – 25 January 2021) was a French historian, who specialized in

medieval history In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with the fall of the West ...

. He was an authority on the

Crusades The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and at times directed by the Papacy during the Middle Ages. The most prominent of these were the campaigns to the Holy Land aimed at reclaiming Jerusalem and its surrounding t ...

, and his work on the

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s has been qualified as "unsurpassed". Richard was a member of the

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. He was President of the prestigious

Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres The () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the . The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions (epigraphy) and historical literature (see Belles-lettres). History ...

in 2002. He was born in

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, France in February 1921. Richard died in January 2021 in

Dijon Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eas ...

, two weeks shy of his 100th birthday.Décès de Jean Richard (prom. 1943)
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Publications

*''Le comté de Tripoli sous la dynastie toulousaine (1102-1187)'', 1945 * *''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, , translated by Jean Birrell * ''Histoire des croisades'', Fayard, (1996)

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*Jackson, Peter. 2005. ''The Mongols and the West, 1221-1410.'' The Medieval World. Harlow, England; New York: Pearson Longman. 1921 births 2021 deaths Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres French medievalists Historians of the Crusades École Nationale des Chartes alumni French male non-fiction writers Winners of the Prix Broquette-Gonin (literature) Commanders of the Legion of Honour Commandeurs of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques Grand Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite {{France-historian-stub