Noël Coulet (4 October 1932 – 15 January 2023) was a French academic and medieval historian.

Biography

Born on 4 October 1932, Coulet took preporatory classes at the , where he was notably taught by and Marc Soriano. During his doctoral studies, he was a student of

Georges Duby Georges Duby (; 7 October 1919 – 3 December 1996) was a French historian who specialised in the social and economic history of the Middle Ages. He ranks among the most influential medieval historians of the twentieth century and was one of Fra ...

. After his thesis titled ''Aix-en-Provence, espace et relations d'une capitale, mi-XIVe - mi-XVe s.'', he researched

Provence Provence is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which stretches from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the France–Italy border, Italian border to the east; it is bordered by the Mediterrane ...

during the 14th and 15th Centuries and particularly focused on religious history. He was a professor emeritus of medieval history at the

University of Provence The University of Provence Aix-Marseille I () was a Public university, public research university mostly located in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille. It was one of the three University of Aix-Marseille, Universities of Aix-Marseille and was part of t ...

. Coulet died in

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence, or simply Aix, is a List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, city and Communes of France, commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. A former capital of Provence, it is the Subprefectures in France, s ...

on 15 January 2023, at the age of 90.

Publications

*Ten articles published in ''Les Cahiers de Fangeaux'' *"Les jeux de la Fête Dieu d'Aix, une fête médiévale ?" (1981) *Les Templiers de Bayle au xiie siècle : un document inédit" (2004) *''Histoire de la Provence'' (with

Maurice Agulhon Maurice Agulhon (20 December 1926 – 28 May 2014) was a French historian, specializing in the contemporary history of France of the 19th and 20th centuries, and professor at the Collège de France from 1986 to 1997. Although his early work focu ...

) *''La Provence au Moyen Âge'' (with

Martin Aurell Martin Aurell Cardona (23 February 1958 – 8 February 2025) was a Spanish-French historian and academic. He specialised in the House of Plantagenet. Life and career Born in Barcelona on 23 February 1958, Aurell was the eldest of four children. ...

and , 2005) *''Histoire d'Aix-en-Provence'' (with , 2020)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Coulet, Noel 1932 births 2023 deaths 20th-century French historians 21st-century French historians University of Provence alumni Academic staff of the University of Provence