Régine Pernoud (17 June 1909,

Château-Chinon Château-Chinon is the name of two communes of the Nièvre ''département'', in France: * Château-Chinon (Ville) * Château-Chinon (Campagne) The two towns are neighboring each other. They were separated during the French Revolution ...

Nièvre Nièvre () is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, central-east France. Named after the river Nièvre, it had a population of 204,452 in 2019.baccalauréat universitaire ès lettres'' (BA) at the University of Aix-en-Provence. She moved to Paris where she entered the

École nationale des chartes The École Nationale des Chartes (, literally National School of Charters) is a French ''grande école'' and a constituent college of Université PSL, specialising in the historical sciences. It was founded in 1821, and was located initially at ...

which she left in 1933 with a diploma as an archivist-paleographer. In 1935, she was awarded a doctorate in medieval history from the

Sorbonne Sorbonne may refer to: * Sorbonne (building), historic building in Paris, which housed the University of Paris and is now shared among multiple universities. *the University of Paris (c. 1150 – 1970) *one of its components or linked institution, ...

. Having grown up in an impoverished family, she worked in various professions (including as a teacher, a coach, and an archivist) while completing her university studies and while waiting for a post in a museum. She later became curator at the

Museum of Fine Arts, Reims The Museum of Fine Arts (french: Musée des beaux-arts) is a fine arts museum in Reims, France. History Antoine Ferrand de Monthelon, founder of the school of drawings, bequeaths in 1752 his collection to the city of Reims. Organizer and first ...

, in 1947, at the Museum of the History of France in 1949, at the National Archives, and at the Centre of Joan of Arc (which she had founded in 1974 at the request of

André Malraux Georges André Malraux ( , ; 3 November 1901 – 23 November 1976) was a French novelist, art theorist, and minister of cultural affairs. Malraux's novel ''La Condition Humaine'' (Man's Fate) (1933) won the Prix Goncourt. He was appointed by P ...

). She is known for writing extensively about

Joan of Arc Joan of Arc (french: link=yes, Jeanne d'Arc, translit= �an daʁk} ; 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronati ...

and the social standing of women in the

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(500 - 1500), ''e.g''., on

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who in 1099 founded the double monastery - one with nuns, and one with monks - of

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, where he put a nun,

Petronille de Chemillé Venerable Petronilla of Chemillé (died 24 April 1149) was the first abbess of the double monastery of Fontevrault in western France, which she headed from 1115 to 1149 following her second widowhood. Born Petronilla of Craon, she became a follow ...

, who was 22 years of age, in charge. She primarily did the work of a medieval historian, though she also published several popular works. She was a founding member of the learned society, the Académie du Morvan, in 1967. She is the aunt of

Georges Pernoud Georges Alexis Denis Marie Pernoud (11 August 1947 – 10 January 2021) was a French journalist, television presenter and television producer. He is known for presenting his television documentary ''Thalassa'', that he presented from 1980 to 201 ...

, the presenter of the TV series ''

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''.

Awards

She received the Grand Prize of the City of Paris in 1978 and in 1997 the

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awarded her for her lifetime's work.

Bibliography

* ''Essai sur l'histoire du port de Marseille des origines à la fin du XIII^e'', doctoral thesis presented to the Faculté des lettres de l'Université de Paris, 1935 * ''L'Unité française'', PUF, 1944 * ''Lumière du Moyen Âge'', Grasset, 1944 * ''Les villes marchandes aux XIVe et XVe siècles, impérialisme et capitalisme au Moyen-âge'', La Table Ronde, 1948 * ''Vie et mort de Jeanne d'Arc; les témoignages du procès de réhabilitation 1450-1456'', Hachette, 1953 * ''Les grandes époques de l'art en Occident'', Ed. du Chêne, 1954 * ''Les Gaulois'', Seuil, 1957 * ''Les Croisés, Hachette'', 1959 * ''Un Chef d'État, Saint Louis de France'', Gabalda et cie, 1960 * ''Histoire de la bourgeoisie en France; I. Des origines aux temps modernes; II. Les temps modernes'', Seuil, 1960–1962 * ''Les Croisades'', Julliard, 1960 * ''Histoire du peuple français ; I. Des origines au moyen âge''; , Nouvelle Librairie de France, 1961 (Other volumes :''II. De Jeanne d'Arc à Louis XIV''; ''III. De la régence à 1848''; ''IV. De 1848 à nos jours'' are by three other authors) * ''Croyants et incroyants d'aujourd'hui'', Cerf, 1962 * ''Jeanne d'Arc par elle-même et par ses témoins'', Seuil, 1962 * ''Notre Dame de Paris'', La Documentation française, 1963 * ''L'histoire des rois mages : selon l'Évangile de saint Matthieu'', Trianon, 1964 * ''La Formation de la France'', PUF, 1966 * ''Aliénor d'Aquitaine'', Albin Michel, 1966 * ''Héloïse et Abélard'', Albin Michel, 1967 * ''8 mai 1429, la libération d'Orléans'', Gallimard, 1969 * ''L'histoire racontée à mes neveux'', Stock, 1969 illustrated by

René Follet René Follet (10 April 1931 – 13 March 2020), sometimes known by the pen name Ref, was a Belgian illustrator, comics writer and artist. Biography René Follet was born in Brussels in 1931.De Weyer, Geert (2005). "René Follet". In België gest ...

* ''Jeanne devant les Cauchons'', Seuil, 1970 * ''Beauté du Moyen Âge'', Gautier Languereau, 1971 * ''La Reine Blanche'', Albin Michel, 1972 * ''Les Templiers'', PUF, col. Que sais-je?, 1974 * ''Pour en finir avec le Moyen Âge'', Seuil, 1977 * ''Les Hommes de la Croisade'', Tallandier, 1977 * ''La Femme au temps des cathédrales'', Stock, 1980 * ''Sources de l'art roman'' (avec Madeleine Pernoud), Berg international, 1980 * ''Jeanne d'Arc'' (avec Madeleine Pernoud), Seuil, 1981 * ''Christine de Pisan'', Calmann-Lévy, 1982 * ''Le Tour de France médiéval : l'histoire buissonnière'' (avec

), Stock, 1982 * ''La Plume et le parchemin'', Denoël, 1983 * ''Jeanne et Thérèse'', Seuil, 1984 * ''Les Saints au Moyen Âge : la sainteté d'hier est-elle pour aujourd'hui ?'', Plon, 1984 * ''Saint Louis et le crépuscule de la féodalité'', A. Michel, coll. L'homme et l'événement, 1985 * ''Le Moyen Âge pour quoi faire ?'' (with Raymond Delatouche and

Jean Gimpel Jean Gimpel (10 October 1918 – 15 June 1996) was a French historian and medievalist. Gimpel was one of three sons of a French father, the art dealer René Gimpel, and an English mother, Florence, the youngest sister of Lord Duveen. Gimpel was ...

). Stock, 1986. * ''Isambour : la reine captive'', Stock, 1987 * ''Richard Cœur de Lion'', Fayard (1988), republished by Le Grand Livre du Mois, 1995 * ''Jeanne d'Arc et la guerre de Cent ans'', Denoël, 1990 * ''La Femme au temps des croisades'', Stock, 1990 * ''La Vierge et les saints au Moyen âge'', C. de Bartillat, coll. Esprits, 1991 * ''La spiritualité de Jeanne d'Arc'', Mame, 1992 * ''Villa Paradis : souvenirs'', Stock, 1992 * ''Hildegarde de Bingen : conscience inspirée du XII^e'', le Grand livre du mois, 1994 * ''J'ai nom Jeanne la Pucelle'', coll.

Découvertes Gallimard (, ; in United Kingdom: ''New Horizons'', in United States: ''Abrams Discoveries'') is an editorial collection of illustrated monographic books published by the Éditions Gallimard in pocket format. The books are concise introductions to pa ...

(no. 198), Paris: Gallimard, 1994 * ''Réhabilitation de Jeanne d'Arc, reconquête de la France'', Éd. du Rocher-J.-P. Bertrand, 1995 * ''Les Templiers, chevaliers du Christ'', coll.

(no. 260), Paris: Gallimard, 1995, reprint 2009 * ''Celui par qui la Gaule devint chrétienne'', Gallimard jeunesse, 1996 * ''Jardins de monastères'', Actes Sud, 1996 * ''Martin de Tours'', Bayard-Centurion, 1996 * ''Saint Jérôme : père de la Bible'' (with Madeleine Pernoud), Éd. du Rocher, 1996 * ''Jeanne d'Arc, Napoléon : le paradoxe du biographe'', Éd. du Rocher, 1997 * ''Histoire et lumière'', Éd. du Cerf, 1998 * ''Visages de femmes au Moyen Âge'', Zodiaque, 1998

References

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