Denis Crouzet

Denis Bertrand Yves Crouzet (born 10 March 1953)[1] is a French historian specialising in the history of the early modern period and particularly in the French Wars of Religion during the reformation. He is a professor at Paris-Sorbonne University where he holds the chair in History of the 16th Century. He is married to the historian Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan.

Life

Crouzet was born in Paris into a family of historians. He is the great-grandson of the economic historian Henry Hauser; the grandson of Maurice Crouzet who served as the Inspector General for History under France's Ministry of National Education; and the son of François Crouzet, a specialist in British history who was also a professor at the Sorbonne.[2][3]

Crouzet received his doctorate in 1989 from the Sorbonne. His doctoral dissertation, La violence au temps des troubles de religion (vers 1525- vers 1610), was supervised by Pierre Chaunu. After receiving his doctorate he was appointed professor of modern history at the University of Lyon–Jean Moulin in 1989 and in 1994 was appointed to the chair of 16th-century history at the Sorbonne. Since 2006 he has also served as the director of the Sorbonne's Centre Roland Mousnier for the study of early modern history and its Institut de recherches sur les civilisations de l'Occident moderne.

In 2008 Crouzet was awarded the Madeleine Laurain-Portemer prize by the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques for the body of his work. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2011 and in 2014 was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.[4][5][6]

References
  1. Crouzet, Denis. Curriculum vitae. Centre Roland Mousnier. Retrieved 22 March 2019 (in French).
  2. Barjot, Dominique (2010). "Hommage François Crouzet". Entreprises et histoire, No. 41, pp. 219-221. Retrieved 27 January 2016 (in French).
  3. Harte, Negley (9 June 2010). "Professor François Crouzet: Celebrated anglophile French historian of Britain" The Independent. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  4. British Academy. Fellows: Crouzet, Professor Denis Archived 2016-02-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  5. Journal officiel de la République française (20 April 2014). "Décret du 18 avril 2014 portant promotion et nomination". Retrieved 31 January 2016 (in French).
  6. Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques. Prix Madeleine Laurain-Portemer. Retrieved 31 January 2016 (in French).

Further reading
  • Natalie Zemon Davis (2010). A Passion for History: Conversations with Denis Crouzet. Truman State University Press. ISBN 193550357X


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