Christian Pfister, name sometimes given as Chrétien Pfister (13 February 1857 in

Beblenheim Beblenheim (; ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Haut-Rhin department The following is a list of the 366 communes of the French department of Haut-Rhin. The communes ...

– 16 May 1933 in Beblenheim) was a French historian. He was the author of numerous writings associated with

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and

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. He received his education at the

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, and in 1881 obtained his

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in history. Afterwards, he worked as a lecturer at the universities of

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(from 1882) and Nancy (from 1884). From 1887 to 1902 he was a professor of history at the University of Nancy. From 1904 he served as a professor at the

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, then in 1919 relocated to the

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, where in 1927 he was named academic rector.Pfister, Christian
Sociétés savantes de France

Published works

He was the author of a major work on the history of Nancy, titled "''Histoire de Nancy''", being published in three volumes from 1902 to 1909. With

Charles Bayet Charles Marie Adolphe Louis Bayet (25 May 1849, Liège – 16 September 1918, Toulon) was a French historian, who was a specialist in Byzantine art. Biography From 1868 he studied at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, then enlisted f ...

and Arthur Kleinclausz, he was co-author of "''Le Christianisme, les barbares. Mérovingiens et Carolingiens''", (

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, the barbarians,

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s and

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s; 1903), a work that was part of "''Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'à la révolution''", a multi-volume project on French history that was headed by

Ernest Lavisse Ernest Lavisse (; 17 December 184218 August 1922) was a French historian. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times. Biography He was born at Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache, Aisne. In 1865 he obtained a fellowship in history, and ...

. Other noted written works by Pfister include: * ''Études sur le règne de Robert le Pieux (996-1031)'', 1885 – Studies on the reign of

Robert the Pious Robert II (c. 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious (french: link=no, le Pieux) or the Wise (french: link=no, le Sage), was King of the Franks from 996 to 1031, the second from the Capetian dynasty. Crowned Junior King in 987, he assisted h ...

. * ''Jean-Daniel Schoepflin. Étude biographique'', 1887 –

Johann Daniel Schöpflin Johann Daniel Schöpflin (6 September 1694, Sulzburg – 7 August 1771, Strasbourg) was a professor of history, rhetoric and law at the University of Strasbourg. He was one of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s teachers. Biography Schöpflin was w ...

, a biographical study. * ''Les manuscrits allemands de la Bibliothéque Nationale relatifs à l'histoire d'Alsace'', 1893 – The German manuscripts of the National Library relating to the history of

. * ''Lectures alsaciennes, géographie - histoire - biographies : 50 lectures'', 1917 – Alsatian lectures, geography - history - biographies: 50 lectures. * ''La question d'Alsace Lorraine'', 1918 (with Ernest Lavisse) – The question of Alsace-Lorraine. * ''La formation de l'Alsace-Lorraine'', 1918 with (Ernest Lavisse) – The formation of Alsace-Lorraine. * ''La frontiére entre l'Alsace et le Palatinat'', 1918 – Regarding the border between Alsace and the Palatinate.HathiTrust Digital Library
published works

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pfister, Christian 1857 births 1933 deaths University of Paris faculty Nancy-Université faculty 20th-century French historians French medievalists People from Haut-Rhin University of Strasbourg faculty