Pierre Riché (October 4, 1921 – May 6, 2019) was a French historian specializing in the early Middle Ages and the year 1000 (French: ''An mil'' or ''An mille'').

Biography

After studying at the

Faculté des lettres de Paris The Faculty of Humanities of Paris (in French: ''Faculté des Lettres de Paris''), commonly known as the ''Sorbonne'', was one of the four faculties of the University of Paris, refounded in 1896, and an independent entity from 1808 to 1896, based ...

, he passed the aggregation of history in 1948, and taught at the high school of Constantine (Algeria) and at

Le Mans Le Mans (; ) is a Communes of France, city in Northwestern France on the Sarthe (river), Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the Provinces of France, province of Maine (province), Maine, it is now the capital of ...

. In 1953, he was appointed assistant at the Sorbonne. From 1957 to 1960 Pierre Riché taught as assistant professor in Tunis, before joining the

University of Rennes The University of Rennes (French: ''Université de Rennes'') is a public university, public research university located in Rennes, Upper Brittany, France. Originally founded in 1460, the university was split into two universities in 1970: Univers ...

. In 1962, he obtained his doctorate of 3 with a thesis on Education and culture in the barbaric West. He was then appointed professor at the Faculty of letters of Nanterre in October 1967. In 1968, he founded the Center for Research on Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. He retired in 1989. He is the father of the journalist

Pascal Riché Pascal Riché (born June 1962) is a French journalist, co-founder of Rue89 along with Arnaud Aubron, Laurent Mauriac, and Pierre Haski. He is currently the deputy editor of L'Obs (previously known as Le Nouvel Observateur). Life Pascal Rich� ...

Works

* ''La vie des enfants au Moyen Âge'', Sorbier, coll. «La vie des enfants…», 2005 (with Danièle Alexandre-Bidon) * '' Henri-Irénée Marrou, historien engagé'', Cerf, 2003 * ''Les Invasions barbares'', PUF, coll. «Que sais-je ?», 1953; 2003 (with Philippe Le Maître) * ''L'Europe de l'an mil'', Éditions Zodiaque, 2001 * ''Écoles et enseignement dans le haut Moyen Âge'', Picard, 2000 * ''Les grandeurs de l'An Mille'', éditions Bartillat, 1999 * ''Dictionnaire des Francs. Les temps mérovingiens'', Christian de Bartillat, 1999 (with Patrick Périn) * '' Les Carolingiens'', Hachette, coll. «Pluriel», 1997 * ''Éducation et culture dans l'Occident barbare : s-VIe -VIIIe'', Seuil, coll. «Points Histoire», 1995 (4th edition) * ''Césaire d'Arles'', De l'Atelier, 1989 * ''L'Europe barbare de 476 à 774'', SEDES, Paris, 1989 * ''Gerbert d'Aurillac : Le Pape de l'an mil'', Fayard, 1987 * ''Abbon de Fleury, un moine savant et combatif'', Brepols, 2004 * ''Grandeur et faiblesse de l'Église au Moyen Âge'', Cerf, 2006 * ''Des nains sur des épaules de géants : maître et élèves au Moyen Âge'', Tallandier, 2006 * ''C'était un autre millénaire, souvenir d'un professeur de la communale à Nanterre'', Tallandier, 2008

References

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