Rodolphe Joseph Guilland (

Lons-le-Saunier Lons-le-Saunier () is a commune and capital of the Jura Department, eastern France. Geography The town is in the heart of the Revermont region, at the foot of the first plateau of the Jura massif. The Jura escarpment extends to the east and ...

, 1888 – Saint-Marcellin, Isère, 5 October 1981) was a French Byzantinist.

Life

Born in 1888, he completed his thesis on

Nikephoros Gregoras Nicephorus Gregoras (; Greek: , ''Nikephoros Gregoras''; c. 1295 – 1360) was a Greek astronomer, historian, and theologian. Life Gregoras was born at Heraclea Pontica, where he was raised and educated by his uncle, John, who was the B ...

(a biography in 1926, and his edited correspondence in 1927), and succeeded his teacher

Charles Diehl Charles Diehl (; 19 January 1859 – 1 November 1944) was a French historian born in Strasbourg. He was a leading authority on Byzantine art and history. Biography He received his education at the École Normale Supérieure, and later taught ...

in the seat of

Byzantine studies Byzantine studies is an interdisciplinary branch of the humanities that addresses the history, culture, demography, dress, religion/theology, art, literature/epigraphy, music, science, economy, coinage and politics of the Eastern Roman ...

at the Sorbonne in 1934, which he held until his retirement in 1958. His chief interest was in the late Byzantine period (1204–1453), particularly the

Palaiologan period The Byzantine Empire was ruled by the Palaiologos dynasty in the period between 1261 and 1453, from the restoration of Byzantine rule to Constantinople by the usurper Michael VIII Palaiologos following its recapture from the Latin Empire, founde ...

, and his main areas of research were the history of the

Great Palace of Constantinople The Great Palace of Constantinople ( el, Μέγα Παλάτιον, ''Méga Palátion''; Latin: ''Palatium Magnum''), also known as the Sacred Palace ( el, Ἱερὸν Παλάτιον, ''Hieròn Palátion''; Latin: ''Sacrum Palatium''), was th ...

, and of the offices, dignities, and administrative apparatus of the Byzantine state.

Works

He wrote 192 works on Byzantine subjects, spanning the years from 1921 to 1980. Many of his articles have been published in collected editions: * ''Recherches sur les institutions byzantines'', 2 vol. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1967, xv+607 (I), 397 p. (II). Collecting 44 articles on Byzantine administrative history * ''Etudes de topographie de Constantinople byzantine'', 2 vol. Berlin: Adolf Hakkert, 1969, xiv+395 p. (I), 184 p. (II). Collecting 42 articles on the Great Palace * ''Titres et fonctions de l'Empire byzantin'', London : Variorum Reprints, 1976, 528 p. Collecting 26 articles on Byzantine administrative history

References

Sources

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Guilland, Rodolphe 1888 births 1981 deaths French Byzantinists University of Paris faculty People from Jura (department)