École nationale des chartes
The École Nationale des Chartes (, literally National School of Charters) is a French '' grande école'' and a constituent college of Université PSL, specialising in the historical sciences. It was founded in 1821, and was located initially at ...
which she left in 1933 with a diploma as an archivist-paleographer. In 1935, she was awarded a doctorate in medieval history from the Sorbonne. Having grown up in an impoverished family, she worked in various professions (including as a teacher, a coach, and an archivist) while completing her university studies and while waiting for a post in a museum. She later became curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Reims, in 1947, at the Museum of the History of France in 1949, at the National Archives, and at the Centre of Joan of Arc (which she had founded in 1974 at the request of
André Malraux
Georges André Malraux ( , ; 3 November 1901 – 23 November 1976) was a French novelist, art theorist, and minister of cultural affairs. Malraux's novel ''La Condition Humaine'' ( Man's Fate) (1933) won the Prix Goncourt. He was appointed by P ...
).
She is known for writing extensively about
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc (french: link=yes, Jeanne d'Arc, translit= �an daʁk} ; 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the corona ...
and the social standing of women in 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 ...
(500 - 1500), ''e.g''., on Robert of Arbrissel who in 1099 founded the double monastery - one with nuns, and one with monks - of Fontevraud, where he put a nun, Petronille de Chemillé, who was 22 years of age, in charge. She primarily did the work of a medieval historian, though she also published several popular works. She was a founding member of the learned society, the Académie du Morvan, in 1967.
She is the aunt of
Georges Pernoud
Georges Alexis Denis Marie Pernoud (11 August 1947 – 10 January 2021) was a French journalist, television presenter and television producer. He is known for presenting his television documentary ''Thalassa'', that he presented from 1980 to 20 ...
, the presenter of the TV series ''
Thalassa
Thalassa (; grc-gre, Θάλασσα, Thálassa, sea; Attic Greek: , ''Thálatta'') was the general word for 'sea' and for its divine female personification in Greek mythology. The word may have been of Pre-Greek origin.
Mythology
According to ...
''.
Awards
She received the Grand Prize of the City of Paris in 1978 and in 1997 the
Académie Française
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...
awarded her for her lifetime's work.
Bibliography
* ''Essai sur l'histoire du port de Marseille des origines à la fin du XIIIe'', doctoral thesis presented to the Faculté des lettres de l'Université de Paris, 1935
* ''L'Unité française'', PUF, 1944
* ''Lumière du Moyen Âge'', Grasset, 1944
* ''Les villes marchandes aux XIVe et XVe siècles, impérialisme et capitalisme au Moyen-âge'', La Table Ronde, 1948
* ''Vie et mort de Jeanne d'Arc; les témoignages du procès de réhabilitation 1450-1456'', Hachette, 1953
* ''Les grandes époques de l'art en Occident'', Ed. du Chêne, 1954
* ''Les Gaulois'', Seuil, 1957
* ''Les Croisés, Hachette'', 1959
* ''Un Chef d'État, Saint Louis de France'', Gabalda et cie, 1960
* ''Histoire de la bourgeoisie en France; I. Des origines aux temps modernes; II. Les temps modernes'', Seuil, 1960–1962
* ''Les Croisades'', Julliard, 1960
* ''Histoire du peuple français ; I. Des origines au moyen âge''; , Nouvelle Librairie de France, 1961 (Other volumes :''II. De Jeanne d'Arc à Louis XIV''; ''III. De la régence à 1848''; ''IV. De 1848 à nos jours'' are by three other authors)
* ''Croyants et incroyants d'aujourd'hui'', Cerf, 1962
* ''Jeanne d'Arc par elle-même et par ses témoins'', Seuil, 1962
* ''Notre Dame de Paris'', La Documentation française, 1963
* ''L'histoire des rois mages : selon l'Évangile de saint Matthieu'', Trianon, 1964
* ''La Formation de la France'', PUF, 1966
* ''Aliénor d'Aquitaine'', Albin Michel, 1966
* ''Héloïse et Abélard'', Albin Michel, 1967
* ''8 mai 1429, la libération d'Orléans'', Gallimard, 1969
* ''L'histoire racontée à mes neveux'', Stock, 1969 illustrated by
René Follet
René Follet (10 April 1931 – 13 March 2020), sometimes known by the pen name Ref, was a Belgian illustrator, comics writer and artist.
Biography
René Follet was born in Brussels in 1931.De Weyer, Geert (2005). "René Follet". In België ge ...
* ''Jeanne devant les Cauchons'', Seuil, 1970
* ''Beauté du Moyen Âge'', Gautier Languereau, 1971
* ''La Reine Blanche'', Albin Michel, 1972
* ''Les Templiers'', PUF, col. Que sais-je?, 1974
* ''Pour en finir avec le Moyen Âge'', Seuil, 1977
* ''Les Hommes de la Croisade'', Tallandier, 1977
* ''La Femme au temps des cathédrales'', Stock, 1980
* ''Sources de l'art roman'' (avec Madeleine Pernoud),
Berg international Berg may refer to:
People
*Berg (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
*Berg Ng (born 1960), Hong Kong actor
*Berg (footballer) (born 1989), Brazilian footballer
Former states
* Berg (state), county and duchy of the Holy ...
, 1980
* ''Jeanne d'Arc'' (avec Madeleine Pernoud), Seuil, 1981
* ''Christine de Pisan'', Calmann-Lévy, 1982
* ''Le Tour de France médiéval : l'histoire buissonnière'' (avec
Georges Pernoud
Georges Alexis Denis Marie Pernoud (11 August 1947 – 10 January 2021) was a French journalist, television presenter and television producer. He is known for presenting his television documentary ''Thalassa'', that he presented from 1980 to 20 ...
), Stock, 1982
* ''La Plume et le parchemin'', Denoël, 1983
* ''Jeanne et Thérèse'', Seuil, 1984
* ''Les Saints au Moyen Âge : la sainteté d'hier est-elle pour aujourd'hui ?'', Plon, 1984
* ''Saint Louis et le crépuscule de la féodalité'', A. Michel, coll. L'homme et l'événement, 1985
* ''Le Moyen Âge pour quoi faire ?'' (with
Raymond Delatouche Raymond Delatouche (1906–2002) was a French farmer and historian.
1906 births
2002 deaths
20th-century French farmers
École Nationale des Chartes alumni
21st-century French farmers
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École Nationale des ...
and
Jean Gimpel
Jean Gimpel (10 October 1918 – 15 June 1996) was a French historian and medievalist.
Gimpel was one of three sons of a French father, the art dealer René Gimpel, and an English mother, Florence, the youngest sister of Lord Duveen. Gimpel was ...
). Stock, 1986.
* ''Isambour : la reine captive'', Stock, 1987
* ''Richard Cœur de Lion'', Fayard (1988), republished by Le Grand Livre du Mois, 1995
* ''Jeanne d'Arc et la guerre de Cent ans'', Denoël, 1990
* ''La Femme au temps des croisades'', Stock, 1990
* ''La Vierge et les saints au Moyen âge'', C. de Bartillat, coll. Esprits, 1991
* ''La spiritualité de Jeanne d'Arc'', Mame, 1992
* ''Villa Paradis : souvenirs'', Stock, 1992
* ''Hildegarde de Bingen : conscience inspirée du XIIe'', le Grand livre du mois, 1994
* ''J'ai nom Jeanne la Pucelle'', coll.
Découvertes Gallimard
(, ; in United Kingdom: ''New Horizons'', in United States: ''Abrams Discoveries'') is an Collection (publishing), editorial collection of Book illustration, illustrated monographic books published by the Éditions Gallimard in Pocket edition, ...
(no. 198), Paris: Gallimard, 1994
* ''Réhabilitation de Jeanne d'Arc, reconquête de la France'', Éd. du Rocher-J.-P. Bertrand, 1995
* ''Les Templiers, chevaliers du Christ'', coll.
Découvertes Gallimard
(, ; in United Kingdom: ''New Horizons'', in United States: ''Abrams Discoveries'') is an Collection (publishing), editorial collection of Book illustration, illustrated monographic books published by the Éditions Gallimard in Pocket edition, ...
(no. 260), Paris: Gallimard, 1995, reprint 2009
* ''Celui par qui la Gaule devint chrétienne'', Gallimard jeunesse, 1996
* ''Jardins de monastères'', Actes Sud, 1996
* ''Martin de Tours'', Bayard-Centurion, 1996
* ''Saint Jérôme : père de la Bible'' (with Madeleine Pernoud), Éd. du Rocher, 1996
* ''Jeanne d'Arc, Napoléon : le paradoxe du biographe'', Éd. du Rocher, 1997
* ''Histoire et lumière'', Éd. du Cerf, 1998
* ''Visages de femmes au Moyen Âge'', Zodiaque, 1998