Cécile Morrisson (born 16 June 1940) is a French historian and numismatist. She is Director of Research emeritus at the French National Center for Scientific Research and specializes in the study of the Byzantine Empire.

Biography

Cécile Morrisson was born on 16 June 1940 in Dinan, France. She studied at the École normale supérieure, earned her

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in history and obtained her doctorate in history at École normale supérieure (Paris) (ENS-Ulm). She was director of the department of coins, medals and antiquities of the

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. She is Emeritus Research Director at the CNRS and Advisor for Byzantine Numismatics at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.

Distinctions

* Knight of the Legion of Honour * Knight of the National Order of Merit * Knight of the Academic Palms Morrisson is a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres since December 11, 2015. She was awarded the Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society in 1994, and the British Academy's

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for numismatics in 1999.

Publications

* Cécile Morrison, ''Les Croisades'', Paris : PUF, 1969 * Cécile Morrison, ''Catalogue des monnaies byzantines de la Bibliothèque nationale'', Paris, 1970 ** book 1 : D'Anastase Ier à Justinien II (491-711) ** book 2 : De Philippicus à Alexis III (711-1204) * Cécile Morrison and Tommaso Bertelè, ''Numismatique byzantine suivie de deux éludes inédites sur les monnaies des Paléoloques'', Wetteren, 1978 * Roger Guéry, Cécile Morrisson and Hédi Slim, ''Recherches archéologiques franco-tunisiennes à Rougga'', Rome, 1982 ** book 3 : Le trésor de monnaies d'or byzantines * Cécile Morrisson, Claude Brenot, Jean-Noël Barrandon, Jean-Pierre Callu, J. Poirier and Robert J. Halleux, ''L'Or monnayé'', book 1 : Purification et altérations de Rome à Byzance, Paris, 1985 * Catherine Abadie-Reynal, Vassiliki Kravari, Jacques Lefort and Cécile Morrisson, ''Hommes et richesses dans l'Empire byzantin'', vol. 1-2, Paris, 1989-1991 * Jean-Claude Cheynet, Cécile Morrisson and Werner Seibt, ''Sceaux byzantins de la collection Henri Seyrig, Paris, 1991 * Cécile Morrisson, ''La numismatique'', Paris, 1992 * Cécile Morrisson, ''Monnaie et finances à Byzance'', Aldershot: Variorum, 1994. * Cécile Morrisson and Bernd Kluge, ''A Survey of Numismatic Research 1990-1995'', Berlin, 1997 * Cécile Morrisson, ''Les Échanges au Moyen Âge: Justinien, Mahomet, Charlemagne; trois empires dans l'économie médiévale'', Dijon, 2000 * Denis Feissel, Cécile Morrisson et Jean-Claude Cheynet, ''Trois donations byzantines au Cabinet des Médailles : Froehner (1925) ; Schlumberger (1929) ; Zacos (1998)'', Paris, 2001 (exposition organised on the occasion of the XXe Congrès International des Etudes Byzantines à Paris, 16 July - 14 October 2001) * Cécile Morrisson, ''Le Monde byzantin'', book 1 : L'Empire romain d'Orient: 330-641, Paris : PUF, 2004 * Jacques Lefort, Cécile Morrisson and Jean-Pierre Sodini, ''Les Villages dans l'Empire byzantin, IVe-XVe siècle'', Paris, 2005 * Cécile Morrisson, Vladislav Popovic and Vujadin Ivaniševic, ''Les Trésor monétaires byzantins des Balkans et d'Asie Mineure (491-713)'', Paris, 2006 * Angeliki E. Laiou and Cécile Morrisson, ''The Byzantine Economy'', Cambridge, 2007. * Cécile Morrisson (and John William Nesbitt,''Catalogue of Byzantine seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art . 6: Emperors, patriarchs of Constantinople, addenda'', Washington, DC, 2009 * Angeliki E. Laiou and Cécile Morrisson, ''Le monde byzantin. Byzance et ses voisins 1204 - 1453'', book 3: L'empire grec et ses voisins, XIIIe - XVe siècle, Paris, 2011 * Cécile Morrisson, ''Trade and Markets in Byzantium'', Washington, DC, 2012 * Cécile Morrisson, ''Byzance et sa monnaie (IVe - XVe siècle). Précis de numismatique byzantine, suivi du catalogue de la collection Lampart'', Paris, 2015 * Cécile Morrisson and Georg-D. Schaaf, ''Byzance et sa monnaie: IVe-XVe siècle: précis de numismatique byzantine'', Paris, 2015

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morrisson, Cecile 1940 births French Byzantinists French numismatists Scholars of Byzantine numismatics Research directors of the French National Centre for Scientific Research Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Corresponding Members of the Academy of Athens (modern) Corresponding Members of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Corresponding Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America École Normale Supérieure alumni Academic staff of the École pratique des hautes études Harvard University faculty Knights of the Legion of Honour Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite Chevaliers of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques People from Dinan Living people 20th-century French historians 21st-century French historians 20th-century French women writers 21st-century French women writers French women historians Women numismatists