Yvette Duval (née Benchettrit; 25 April 1931 – 8 November 2006) was a Moroccan-born French
historian who specialised in
North Africa during Antiquity and the
Early African church during
Late antiquity.
Early years and education
Yvette Duval née Benchettrit was born on 25 April 1931 in
Oujda
Oujda ( ar, وجدة; ber, ⵡⵓⵊⴷⴰ, Wujda) is a major Moroccan city in its northeast near the border with Algeria. Oujda is the capital city of the Oriental region of northeastern Morocco and has a population of about 558,000 people. It ...
to an Algerian-Moroccan Jewish family. She was allowed to study at the local Collège de jeunes filles despite the Vichy segregation rules due to her strong academic record.
Having finished her studies in
Rabat
Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...
, she moved to
Paris where she studied first at the
Lycée Fénelon and then at the
École normale supérieure de jeunes filles. After her graduation, she worked at the
Lycée Français de Carthage.
Career
In 1962, Duval was named assistant to
Roger Rémondon, the chair of ancient history at the
Université Lille III. Two years later, following his retirement, she moved to
Paris-Nanterre as the assistant to
André Chastagnol
André Chastagnol (21 February 1920 – 2 September 1996) was a French historian, specializing in Latin epigraphy and literature.
After teaching at the Universities of Algiers, Rennes and Paris-X, he finished his career as a professor at the Pa ...
.
Duval began work on her thesis in 1965 under
Henri-Irénée Marrou
Henri-Irénée Marrou (; 12 November 1904 in Marseilles – 11 April 1977 in Bourg-la-Reine) was a French historian. A Christian humanist in outlook, his work was primarily in the spheres of Late Antiquity and the history of education. He is b ...
and received her doctorate soon after his death in 1977 under the supervision of
Charles Pietri; it was published five years later as ''Loca sanctorum Africae. Le culte des martyrs en Afrique du IVe au VIIe siècle''.
In 1971, she was invited to help establish the History department at the
Université Paris-Est-Créteil-Val-de-Marne where she was soon named professor.
She remained until her retirement and was elected to serve on the Conseil national des universités and supervised at least three doctoral theses.
Awards and honours
In 2000, she received a ''
Festschrift'' titled ''Romanité et cité chrétienne permanences et mutations, intégration et exclusion du Ier au VIe siècle: mélanges en l'honneur d'Yvette Duval''.
Personal life
Duval married French historian and archaeologist
Noël Duval
Noël Duval (24 December 1929, Le Chesnay – 12 December 2018, Paris) was a French archaeologist.
Biography
In 1953 Duval started working as a researcher and for three consecutive years worked at the Roman Historical Institute. He was a member ...
in 1954.
[ She died on 8 November 2006 in Paris.
]
Selected publications
* 1982 : ''Loca sanctorum Africae. Le culte des martyrs en Afrique du IVe au VIIe siècle'', Rome, Collection de l'École française de Rome, 2 vol.
* 1986 : ''L'Inhumation privilégiée du IVe au VIIIe siècle en Occident'' d. Paris, De Boccard.
* 1986 : ''Topographie chrétienne des cités de la Gaule, des origines au milieu du VIIIe siècle : Provinces ecclésiastiques d'Aix et d'Embrun'' d. Paris, De Boccard.
* 1988 : ''Auprès des saints, corps et âme. L'inhumation « ad sanctos » dans la chrétienté d'Orient et d'Occident du IIIe au VIIe siècle'', Paris, Collection des Études Augustiniennes.
* 1992 : ''Institutions, société et vie politique dans l'empire romain au IVe siècle après J.-C.'' d.','' Rome, Collection de l'École française de Rome.
* 1995 : ''Lambèse chrétienne, la gloire et l'oubli. De la Numidie romaine à l'Ifrîqiya'', Paris, Collection des Études Augustiniennes.
* 2000 : ''Chrétiens d’Afrique à l'aube de la paix constantinienne : Les premiers échos de la grande persécution'', Paris, Collection des Études Augustiniennes.
* 2005 : ''Les chrétientés d’Occident et leurs évêques au IIIe siècle,'' Paris, Collection des Études Augustiniennes.
References
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2006 deaths
1931 births
20th-century French historians
21st-century French historians
French women historians
Jewish historians
20th-century Moroccan historians
Moroccan emigrants to France
Moroccan people of Algerian descent
20th-century Moroccan Jews
20th-century French women writers
21st-century French women writers
20th-century Moroccan women writers
21st-century Moroccan women writers
Jewish women writers