Michel Parisse | |
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Born | 1 May 1936 Void-Vacon, France |
Died | 5 April 2020 Paris, France | (aged 83)
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Historian |
Michel Parisse (1 May 1936 – 5 April 2020) was a French historian who specialized in medieval studies. He was a professor emeritus at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne.
Parisse earned his agrégation in history in 1959.[1] He earned two doctoral degrees, with the first coming in 1966. His thesis was titled Actes des évêques de Metz (1120-1179). His second doctoral degree came in 1975, with the thesis La noblesse lorraine (xie – xiiie siècle). He was a professor at Nancy 2 University from 1965 to 1993. He was the Director of ARTEM from 1983 to 1993, which conducted research on medieval texts and their meanings.[2][3] He directed the French Historical Mission in Germany from 1985 to 1991, and then worked as a professor of medieval history at Panthéon-Sorbonne from 1993 to 2002.[4]
Parisse died on 5 April 2020 at the age of 83 due to COVID-19.[5][6]