Augustin Fliche (19 November 1884, in
Montpellier – 19 November 1951) was a 20th-century French historian who mainly dealt with the history of the Church in the Middle Ages. He was a professor at the
University of Montpellier
The University of Montpellier (french: Université de Montpellier) is a public research university located in Montpellier, in south-east of France. Established in 1220, the University of Montpellier is one of the oldest universities in the wor ...
and also visiting professor at the
University of Leuven in 1925–1927 and 1946–1947.
He is known among other things for a biography of
Philip I of France
Philip I (23 May 1052 – 29 July 1108), called the Amorous, was King of the Franks from 1060 to 1108. His reign, like that of most of the early Capetians, was extraordinarily long for the time. The monarchy began a modest recovery from the low i ...
and another one of
Pope Gregory VII with his reforms. He also wrote overviews of the history of the Middle Ages.
From 1935, he directed with Victor Martin a ''Histoire de l'Église depuis les origines jusqu'à nos jours'' published by
Bloud and
Gay
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While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late 1 ...
.
In 1941, he was elected a member of the
Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France. The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions (epigr ...
.
He was opposed to both the
educational theories of
Marc Bloch
Marc Léopold Benjamin Bloch (; ; 6 July 1886 – 16 June 1944) was a French historian. He was a founding member of the Annales School of French social history. Bloch specialised in medieval history and published widely on Medieval France ov ...
and Bloch personally, probably, suggests
Eugen Weber
Eugen Joseph Weber (April 24, 1925 – May 17, 2007) was a Romanian-born American historian with a special focus on Western world, Western civilization.
Weber became a historian because of his interest in politics, an interest dating back to a ...
, due to Fliche's innate
antisemitism
Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who holds such positions is called an antisemite. Antisemitism is considered to be a form of racism.
Antis ...
and the fact that Bloch had once given one of Fliche's pieces a poor
review
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.
Works
*1912: ''Le Règne de Philippe Ier, roi de France (1060–1108)''. Paris, Société française d'imprimerie et de librairie
Archive
*1912: ''Les Vies de Saint Savinien. Premier évêque de Sens : étude critique suivie d'une édition de la plus ancienne vita''. Société française d'Imprimerie et de Librairie
Archive(on , first bishop of
Sens, Yonne in the 3rd century).
*1916: ''Études sur la polémique religieuse à l'époque de Grégoire VII''. Société française d'Imprimerie et de Librairie, Pari
Archive
*1920: ''Saint Grégoire VII''. Lecoffre
Archive*1924–1937: ''La
Réforme grégorienne'', 3 volumes. Louvain
*1929: ''La Chrétienté médiévale 395-1254''. Histoire du monde, VII/2
*1930: ''L'Europe occidentale de 888 à 1125. Histoire générale. Histoire du moyen âge'', II.
*1946: with R. Foreville, Jean Rousset : ''La Réforme grégorienne et la reconquête chrétienne (1057–1123)''. Histoire de l'église depuis les origines jusqu'à nos jours, Teilband 8. Bloud & Gay, Paris
*1946: '' La
querelle des investitures''. Aubier, Éditions Montaigne
*1948: with Christine Thouzellier, Yvonne Azais : ''Du
premier concile du Latran à l'avènement d'
Innocent III
Pope Innocent III ( la, Innocentius III; 1160 or 1161 – 16 July 1216), born Lotario dei Conti di Segni (anglicized as Lothar of Segni), was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 January 1198 to his death in 16 J ...
(1123–1198)''. Histoire de l'église depuis les origines jusqu'à nos jours, Fascicule 9. Bloud & Gay
*1950: with Christine Thouzellier, Yvonne Azais : ''La Chrétienté romaine (1198–1274)''. Histoire de l'église depuis les origines jusqu'à nos jours, Fascicule 10. Bloud & Gay
Bibliography
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External links
Fliche, Augustin in ''Encyclopédie Treccani''Entry in IDIHOPAC, Regesta Imperii
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Writers from Montpellier
1884 births
1951 deaths
20th-century French historians
Historians of Christianity
Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
French historians of religion