Anne Brenon

Annie Brenon, known as Anne Brenon (born 14 November 1945) is a French writer and historian, specialising in Catharism. She is the founder of Heresis, a review on Catharism and other medieval heresies and from 1982 to 1998 was director of the in Carcassonne.

Life Born in Mâcon, she gained a diploma as an at the École nationale des chartes with a thesis entitled "". She also received a diploma in religious sciences at the École pratique des hautes études and teaches medieval history at Montpellier University. She is a member of the and an officer of the Palmes académiques.

Works She is the author of several works on Catharism, both non-fiction and novels.

, Nouvelles Éditions Loubatières, 1990 – prix Notre Histoire , Loubatières, 1992 , Loubatières, 1994 , Éditions Le Foyer de l'âme, 1995 (with Pierre-Jean Ruff) , Éd. Loubatières, 1996 , Éditions Gallimard, coll. « Découvertes Gallimard / Religions » (no. 319), 1997; 2000 , Cahors, Dire Édition, 1997. Reissued 2003 by l’Hydre Éditions , Toulouse, Éditions Milan, series, 1998 , Toulouse, Le Pérégrinateur, 1998. , Toulouse, Loubatières, 1999 (children's novel) , Milan, series, 2000 , , volume 1, L'Hydre, 2001 (novel) , MSM, 2002 (children's novel) , , volume 2, L'Hydre, 2002 (novel) , Éditions Perrin, series, 2005 , Éd. Perrin, 2006 , La Louve Éditions, 2006 , Éditions Albin Michel, series, 2007 (with Jean-Philippe de Tonnac), Albin Michel, 2008 , 2010 , 2018