Jean Delumeau

Jean Delumeau ( born June 18, 1923 in Nantes ) is a French historian and emeritus professor with a focus on history of the Roman Catholic Church. He also wrote a history of anxiety in the West (La peur en occident, 1978).

After 1943 began humanities studies at an ENS Delumeau joined in 1947 to a position as professor at the Lycée Alain -Fournier in Bourges. From October 1948 to October 1950 he was a member of the École française de Rome. From October 1950 to October 1954 he was Professeur de Première Supérieure at the Lycée Chateaubriand in Rennes. From October 1954 to October 1955 he was at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique active. In June 1955, he earned his Docteur ès Lettres.

From October 1955 to October 1970 he was Maître de conférences and Professor of Early Modern History at Rennes. From 1964 to 1970 he was Director of the Centre de Recherches historiques Armoricain. From 1970 to 1975 he was Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon- Sorbonne and Director of the Centre de Recherches d' Histoire Moderne ( CRHM ). From 1963 to 1978 he was Directeur d' études at the École pratique des hautes études ( VIe section ). Since 1978 he is Director associé at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales.

Delumeau held from 1975 to 1994 the Department of Histoire des Mentalités religieuses at the Collège de France in Paris. Since 1988 he is a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres.

In 1968 he received the Grand Prix of the French Academy Gobert for his La Civilisation de la Renaissance ( 1967).

In 1984 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Porto. This was followed by honorary doctorates of Canada Université de Sherbrooke (1986 ), the University of Liège (1992) and the Universidad de Deusto (1996).

Delumeau carrier of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques is ( Officer ) of the Ordre national du Mérite ( Officer ) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (officer ) and a member of the Legion of Honour ( Knight ).

Works (selection)

  • Vie économique et sociale de Rome dans la seconde Moitié you XVe siècle, 2 vols, De Boccard, Paris 1957-1959.
  • L' Alun de Rome, SEVPEN, Paris 1962.
  • Naissance et affirmation de la Réforme, PUF Nouvelle Clio, Paris 1965.
  • La Civilisation de la Renaissance, Arthaud, Paris 1967.
  • Le Catholicisme entre Luther et Voltaire, PUF Nouvelle Clio, Paris 1971.
  • L'Italie de Botticelli à Bonaparte, A. Colin, Paris 1974.
  • Le Christianisme va- t-il mourir? , Hachette, Paris, 1977.
  • La Peur en Occident ( the XIV - XVIIIe siècles ). Une cité assiégée, Fayard, Paris 1978. Fear in the West - The Story of collective fears in Europe of the 14th to 18th centuries, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1989, ISBN 3-499-55503-4.
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