Rodolphe Joseph Guilland (5 March 1888 – 5 October 1981) was a French

Byzantinist Byzantine studies is an interdisciplinary branch of the humanities that addresses the history, culture, demography, dress, religion/theology, art, literature/epigraphy, music Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination ...

Life

Born in 1888, he completed his thesis on

Nicephorus Gregoras Nicephorus Gregoras (; Greek: , ''Nikēphoros Grēgoras''; c. 1295 – 1360) was a Byzantine Greek astronomer, historian, and theologian. His 37-volume ''Roman History'', a work of erudition, constitutes a primary documentary source for th ...

(a biography in 1926, and his edited correspondence in 1927), and succeeded his teacher Charles Diehl 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 Empire. ...

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, officially known as the Roman 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 r ...

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

Great Palace of Constantinople The Great Palace of Constantinople (, ''Méga Palátion''; ), also known as the Sacred Palace (, ''Hieròn Palátion''; ), was the large imperial Byzantine palace complex located in the south-eastern end of the peninsula today making up the Fati ...

, 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

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Sources

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