French historian and academic (born 1936)
Arlette Jouanna (born Arlette Galinat, 1936 – died 29 January 2022) was a French historian and academic. She was professor emerita at l’Université Paul-Valéry (Montpellier III). She was a member of the Centre de recherches interdisciplinaires en sciences humaines et sociales (CRISES). She specialised in the political and social history of sixteenth-century France, especially the history of the nobility and the French Wars of Religion.
Biography.
Jouanna was a pupil at the École normale supérieure de jeunes filles (Sèvres). She then completed a History degree in 1968 at the Sorbonne (Paris IV) where she was taught by Roland Mousnier. She was awarded her PhD in 1975 for a thesis entitled 'L'idée de race en France au XVIe siècle et au début du XVIIe'. For her entire career she taught at l'Université Paul Valéry (Montpellier III).
External links.
Review of Jouanna's biography of Montaigne.
Interview with Jouanna about Michel de Montaigne
Interview with Jouanna about the St Bartholomew Day's Massacre
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