Jean Barthélémy Richard (7 February 1921 – 25 January 2021) was a French historian, who specialized in

medieval history In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

. He was an authority on the

Crusades The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were in ...

, and his work on the Latin missions in Asia has been qualified as "unsurpassed". Richard was a member of the

Institut de France The (; ) is a French learned society, grouping five , including the Académie Française. It was established in 1795 at the direction of the National Convention. Located on the Quai de Conti in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, the institute m ...

. He was President of the prestigious

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 ( epig ...

in 2002. He was born in

Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Le Kremlin-Bicêtre () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is from the center of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe. Le Kremlin-Bicêtre is most famous as the location of the Bicêtre H ...

, France in February 1921. Richard died in January 2021, two weeks shy of his 100th birthday.Décès de Jean Richard (prom. 1943)
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Publications

*''Le comté de Tripoli sous la dynastie toulousaine (1102-1187)'', 1945 * *''Les ducs de Bourgogne et la formation du duché XIe-XIVe siècle'', 1954 (thèse) *''Le cartulaire de Marcigny-sur-Loire (1045-1144)'', 1957 (thèse complémentaire) *''Histoire de la Bourgogne'', 1957 *''Chypre sous les Lusignans. Documents chypriotes des Archives du Vatican (XIVe et XVe siècles)'', 1962 *''Simon de Saint-Quentin. Histoire des Tartares'', 1965 *''L'esprit de la croisade'', 1969 *''La papauté et les missions d'Orient au Moyen Âge'', 1977 *''Histoire de la Bourgogne'', 1978 (dir.) *''Les récits de voyages et de pèlerinages'', 1981 *''Le livre des remembrances de la Secrète du Royaume de Chypre (1468-1469)'', 1983 (en coll. avec T. Papadopoullos) *''Saint Louis, roi d'une France féodale, soutien de la Terre Sainte'', 1983 * ''The Crusades: c. 1071 - c. 1291'' (1999), Cambridge University Press, , translated by Jean Birrell * ''Histoire des croisades'', Fayard, (1996)

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*Jackson, Peter. 2005. ''The Mongols and the West, 1221-1410.'' The Medieval World. Harlow, England; New York: Pearson Longman. 1921 births 2021 deaths Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres French medievalists Historians of the Crusades École Nationale des Chartes alumni French male non-fiction writers Winners of the Prix Broquette-Gonin (literature) Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur Commandeurs of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques Grand Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite {{France-historian-stub