Philippe Contamine (7 May 1932 – 26 January 2022) was a French historian of the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...

who specialised in military history and the history of the nobility. Contamine was a president of the

Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France. The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions (epigr ...

, the

Société de l'histoire de France The Société de l'histoire de France (SHF) (English: ''Society of the History of France'') was established on 21 December 1833 at the instigation of the French minister of Public Instruction, François Guizot, in order to contribute to the renewa ...

, and the Societé des Antiquaires de France. He taught at the Université de Nancy, the Université de Paris X at

Nanterre Nanterre (, ) is the prefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine department in the western suburbs of Paris. It is located some northwest of the centre of Paris. In 2018, the commune had a population of 96,807. The eastern part of Nanterre, bordering ...

and Université de Paris IV (Paris-Sorbonne). He was an officer of the

Légion d’Honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

and a fellow of the

Royal Historical Society The Royal Historical Society, founded in 1868, is a learned society of the United Kingdom which advances scholarly studies of history. Origins The society was founded and received its royal charter in 1868. Until 1872 it was known as the Histori ...

. He died on 26 January 2022, at the age of 89.

Select bibliography

* ''Guerre, État et Société à la Fin du Moyen Âge. Études sur les armées des rois de France, 1337-1494 (doctoral thesis, Paris, 1972)'' * ''La Guerre au Moyen-Âge (1980)'' * ''La France et l'Angleterre pendant la guerre de Cent Ans'', (Hachette, 1982). * ''Guerre et Société en France, en Angleterre et en Bourgogne XIVe et XVe siècles'' (Lille, 1991) * ''Histoire Militaire de la France'' vol.1 (Paris, 1992) * 'The Soldiery in Late Medieval Society', in ''French History'' 8 (1994) * ''La noblesse au royaume de France, de Philippe le Bel à Louis XII (1997)'' * ''Histoire de la France politique. I, Le Moyen Âge, 481-1514, le roi, l'Église, les grands, le peuple (2002)''

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