Louis Pérouas (9 September 1923, in

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– February 2011, in

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) was a French historian, a specialist in the history of the French

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. Ordained a priest in 1949, he became a missionary of the Society of Mary. He pursued postgraduate studies in history at the

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and joined the

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in 1962 as a researcher and then research director working in Limoges in connection with the Department of History of the University of Limoges.

Main works and publications

*1964: ''Le diocèse de La Rochelle de 1648 à 1724'', sociologie et pastorale, SEVPEN, 532 pages *1985: ''Refus d'une religion, religion d'un refus, en Limousin rural, 1880-1940'', Éd de l'École des hautes études en sciences sociales *1988: ''La Révolution française, une rupture dans le christianisme ?, le cas du Limousin, 1775-1822'', Éd Les Monédières *1989: ''Grignion de Montfort et la Vendée'', Éditions du Cerf *1993: ''Une religion des Limousins ? approches historiques'',

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*1994: ''Histoire religieuse des Creusois'', Société des sciences naturelles et archéologiques de la Creuse *1996: ''Claude et ses frères'', Éd Don Bosco *1996: ''Prêtres ouvriers à Limoges : des trajectoires constratées'', L'Harmattan *2002: ''Culte des saints et anticléricalisme : entre statistiques et culture populaire'', Musée du Pays d'Ussel *2003: ''L'Église au prisme de l'histoire : regards sur un demi-siècle de recherches et d'engagements'', L'Harmattan *2005: ''Lettre ouverte à des amis francs-maçons'', Éd Les Monédières

External links

Louis Pérouas. ''Le diocèse de La Rochelle de 1648 à 1724. Sociologie et pastorale''
on Persée
Louis Perouas
on S.S.N.A.H.C.
Louis Perouas, Gabriel Deshayes. ''Un grand pionnier de la restauration catholique dans l’Ouest de la France (1767-1841)''

PÉROUAS (Louis). – Gabriel Deshayes. ''Un grand pionnier de la Restauration catholique dans l’Ouest de la France (1767-1841)''
on Histoire de l'éducation
Louis Pérouas, Michel Laguionie, Roger Mariglier, ''Franc-Maçonnerie et antimaçonnisme en Limousin, amorces d’un dialogue''
on assr.revues.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Perouas, Louis 1923 births Writers from Rennes 2011 deaths 20th-century French historians 21st-century French historians French historians of religion 20th-century French male writers 21st-century French male writers French male non-fiction writers Research directors of the French National Centre for Scientific Research