François Jacques (5 February 1946 – 3 May 1992) was a French historian and a specialist on

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. His work focused on municipal life of the

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and profoundly contributed to a renewal of the historical perspectives on this issue.

Career

After he obtained the agrégation of history, he taught at the

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as lecturer and then he was appointed professor at the

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in 1981 and Lille in 1985. His State doctoral thesis was defended in 1980 under the direction of

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 ...

. François Jacques was also a student of

Hans-Georg Pflaum Hans-Georg Pflaum (3 June 1902, Berlin – 26 December 1979, Linz) was a German-born French historian. Life Pflaum, who came from a Jewish family of industrialists, at first studied law in Breslau and Heidelberg, afterwards taking a position in ...

. His analyzes on municipal life, especially the book based on his State doctorate, ''Le privilège de liberté'' (1984), helped establish the idea of the vitality of the municipal civilization under the Roman Empire. He did this by stressing maintaining the autonomy of the cities and by challenging a

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which emphasized primarily the interference of the central government.

Bibliography

Books

*1983: ''Les curateurs des cités dans l'Occident romain de Trajan à Gallien'', Paris, Nouvelles éditions latines,
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*1984: ''Le privilège de liberté. Politique impériale et autonomie municipale dans les cités de l'occident romain (161-244)'', Collection de l'École française de Rome, 916 pages
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*1990: ''Les cités de l'occident romain'', Paris *1990: in collaboration with

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, ''Rome et l'intégration de l'empire. Volume I : Les structures de l'Empire romain''

Articles online

* « Quelques problèmes d'histoire municipale à la lumière de la lex Irnitana », ''L'Afrique dans l'Occident romain (Ier siècle av. J.-C. - IVe siècle ap. J.-C.)'', Actes du colloque de Rome (3-5 December 1987): École Française de Rome, 1990. pp. 381–401. (Publications de l'École française de Rome, 134
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*« Municipia libera de l'Afrique proconsulaire », ''Epigrafia. Actes du colloque international d'épigraphie latine en mémoire de Attilio Degrassi pour le centenaire de sa naissance'', Actes de colloque de Rome (27-28 mai 1988): École Française de Rome, 1991. pp. 583–606. (Publications de l'École française de Rome, 143
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* �
Le schismatique, tyran furieux
», ''

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'' (''MEFRA''), 94-2, 1982, pp. 921–949. * with Bernard Bousquet, �
Le raz de marée du 21 juillet 365. Du cataclysme local à la catastrophe cosmique
», ''MEFRA'', 96-1, 1984, p. 423-461. * �
Un exemple de concentration foncière en Bétique d'après le témoignage des timbres amphoriques d'une famille clarissime
», ''MEFRA'', 102-2, 1990, pp. 865–899. * �
Propriétés impériales et cités en Numidie Méridionale
», ''Cahiers du centre Gustave Glotz'', 1992, 3, pp. 123–139.

Bibliography

* André Chastagnol, Ségolène Demougin,

Claude Lepelley Claude Lepelley (8 February 1934 – 31 January 2015
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, ''Avant-propos'', in André Chastagnol, Ségolène Demougin, Claude Lepelley éd., ''Splendidissima civitas. Études d'histoire romaine en hommage à François Jacques'', Paris, 1996. pp. 3–6 (with bibliography by François Jacques at pp. 8–11).

External links

''Le privilège de liberté. Politique impériale et autonomie municipale dans les cités de l'Occident romain (161-244)'' (monographie)
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''In memoriam : François Jacques (1946-1992)'' (liminaire)
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''Humbles et notables [La place des humiliores dans les collèges de jeunes et leur rôle dans la révolte africaine de 238''] (article)
on Persée {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacques, Francois 20th-century French historians French scholars of Roman history Writers from Bourges 1946 births 1992 deaths