Étienne-Paul-Victor Monceaux (29 May 1859 – 7 February 1941) was a 19th-20th-century French historian. A professor at the
Collège de France
The Collège de France (), formerly known as the ''Collège Royal'' or as the ''Collège impérial'' founded in 1530 by François I, is a higher education and research establishment ('' grand établissement'') in France. It is located in Paris n ...
from 1907 to 1937, 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 ...
in 1912.
His major speciality was Christian Latinity in the Roman provinces of North Africa.
Selected publications
*1883: ''Apulée, roman et magie'', Paris, Quantin,
*1886: ''Les proxénies grecques'', P., Thorin, VIII+331pp
*1889: ''La restauration d'Olympie ; l'histoire, les monuments, le culte et les fêtes'' (in collab. with Victor Laloux), P., Quantin
*1892: ''La Grèce avant Alexandre. Étude sur la société grecque du VIe au IVe siècle'', P., Quantin
*1894
''Les Africains. Etude sur la littérature latine d'Afrique : les Païens'' P., Lecène, Oudin & Cie, V+500pp
*1901–1923
''Histoire littéraire de l'Afrique chrétienne depuis les origines jusqu'à l'invasion arabe''(7 volumes : Tertullien et les origines - saint Cyprien et son temps - le IV, d'Arnobe à Victorin - le Donatisme - saint Optat et les premiers écrivains donatistes - la littérature donatiste au temps de saint Augustin - saint Augustin et le donatisme), P., Leroux.
*1909
''Racine''
Sources
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Pierre Courcelle
Pierre Courcelle (16 March 1912 – 25 July 1980) was a French historian who was a specialist of ancient philosophy and of Latin Patristics, especially of St Augustine. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society
The American Philos ...
, ''Paul Monceaux (1859-1941)'', 1941
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1859 births
People from Auxerre
1941 deaths
19th-century French historians
20th-century French historians
Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
Officiers of the Légion d'honneur
Academic staff of the Collège de France