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Claude Lepelley
Claude Lepelley (8 February 1934 – 31 January 2015 on DRACONTIUS) was a 20th-21st-century French historian, a specialist of and . His thesis, ''Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire'', defended in 1977 under the direction of William Seston, profoundly changed the understanding of the urban world in the 3rd and 4th centuries; far from declining, the cities of Africa had some prosperity. Career ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne
Saint-Maurice () is a Communes of France, commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris. The insane asylum Charenton (asylum), Charenton was located in Saint-Maurice; it is now a psychiatric hospital. History Originally called Charenton-Saint-Maurice, the name of the commune was officially shortened to Saint-Maurice in 1842. In 1929, the commune of Saint-Maurice lost half of its territory when the city of Paris annexed the Bois de Vincennes, a part of which belonged to Saint-Maurice. Geography Climate Saint-Maurice has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Saint-Maurice is . The average annual rainfall is with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Saint-Maurice was on 25 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 10 Dece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comité Des Travaux Historiques Et Scientifiques
The Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques (CTHS) (''Committee for Historic and Scientific Works'') is a French research institution created by the Minister of Public Education François Guizot on 18 July 1834 for the purpose of 'leading research and making available unpublished documents, with funds voted from the state budget." Its mission includes promoting the work of learned societies. It is currently affiliated to the École Nationale des Chartes. In 2017, its president was Maurice Hamon and its deputy head was Christophe Marion. Original remit While he was Minister of Public Instruction, François Guizot was much occupied with what he described in his report of 31 December 1833 as the "systematic publication of all significant materials about the history of our country which are still unedited." To this end he established a committee on 18 July 1834, charged with directing research into documents and, with the support of public funds, their publication in its jour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Scholars Of Roman History
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People From Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne
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2015 Deaths
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1934 Births
Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. * January 26 – A 10-year German–Polish declaration of non-aggression is signed by Nazi Germany and the Second Polish Republic. * January 30 ** In Nazi Germany, the political power of federal states such as Prussia is substantially abolished, by the "Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich" (''Gesetz über den Neuaufbau des Reiches''). ** Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, signs the Gold Reserve Act: all gold held in the Federal Reserve is to be surrendered to the United States Department of the Treasury; immediately following, the President raises the statutory gold price from US$20.67 per ounce to $35. * February 6 – F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jehan Desanges
Jehan Desanges (3 January 1929 – 23 March 2021) was a French historian, philologist and epigrapher, a specialist in the topic of North Africa during Antiquity. Biography Desanges was born in Nantes. He graduated in 1953, and was a lecturer at the ''École des hautes études'' in Tunis from 1958 to 1959. He was chef de travaux, then assistant professor of ancient history at the University of Dakar between 1959 and 1963. He was in charge of teaching in ancient history at the University of Algiers between 1963 and 1964 and at University of Nantes between 1964 and 1976, before becoming a senior lecturer after the defense of his thesis in 1976. From 1983 to 2001, he was director of studies at ''École pratique des hautes études'', VI Section, then director of pensioned studies. Member, then President, of ''Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques'', member of ''Société des Antiquaires de France'', former head of the Interuniversity Network of Studies on Ancient North Afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noël Duval
Noël Duval (24 December 1929, Le Chesnay – 12 December 2018, Paris) was a French archaeologist. Biography In 1953 Duval started working as a researcher and for three consecutive years worked at the Roman Historical Institute. He was a member of French National Centre for Scientific Research, École du Louvre and worked at the University of Nantes, Lille and Fribourg in Switzerland. In 1960 he became interested in both Hispanic and Catalan archaeology and by 1976 he became a professor at Paris-Sorbonne University where he taught Late Antiquity and Byzantinian Art in Middle Ages. He worked there until 1992 and then became a member of Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres in Barcelona, Spain. Since 1990, he focused himself on Augustan History and by 1994 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva. Later in his career he taught archaeology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Duval was elected as an emeritis professor fellow at the University of Paris in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unesco
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Les Sables-d'Olonne
Les Sables-d'Olonne (; French meaning: "The Sands of Olonne"; Poitevin: ''Lés Sablles d'Oloune'') is a seaside town in Western France, on the Atlantic Ocean. A subprefecture of the department of Vendée, Pays de la Loire, it has the administrative level of commune. On 1 January 2019, the municipalities of Olonne-sur-Mer, Château-d'Olonne and Les Sables-d'Olonne merged, retaining the latter name. Location and geography Les Sables-d'Olonne is a seaside town in western France, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is situated on the coast between La Rochelle and Saint-Nazaire, near the coastal terminus of the A87 that connects it and nearby communities to La Roche-sur-Yon, Cholet, and Angers to the northeast. The nearest major metropolitan center of France, to Les Sables-d'Olonne, is Nantes, to the north (approximately 105 km, by road). Les Sables-d'Olonne station has rail connections to Paris, La Roche-sur-Yon and Nantes. It is at the level of administrative division in the French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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