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Henri-Irénée Marrou

1904 – 1977

French historian

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Lived 1904 – 1977 (aged 72). Henri-Irénée Marrou was a French church historian, historian, university teacher, french resistance fighter, translator and classical philologist.

Henri-Irénée Marrou (; 12 November 1904 – 11 April 1977) was a French historian. A Christian humanist in outlook, his work was primarily in the spheres of Late Antiquity and the history of education. He is best known for his work History of Education in Antiquity. He also edited, for Sources Chrétiennes, the early Christian work Letter to Diognetus, the only manuscript of which perished in a fire at the University of Strasbourg during the Franco-Prussian War. Marrou edited the collection Patristica Sorbonensia, published by Le Seuil. His work has been criticised by the philosopher Ilsetraut Hadot. Marrou also wrote under the pseudonym of Henri Davenson. His Carnets posthumes were published in 2006 under the editorial supervision of his daughter Françoise Marrou-Flamant.

Biography Henri-Irénée Marrou was born on 12 November 1904 in Marseille. He died on 11 April 1977 in Bourg-la-Reine.

He was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1967.

Publications Fondements d'une culture chrétienne, Paris, Bloud & Gay, 1934; Saint Augustin et la fin de la culture antique, Paris, De Boccard, 1938 (thèse principale); MOYCIKOC ANHP. étude sur les scènes de la vie intellectuelle figurant sur les monuments funéraires romains, Grenoble, Didier & Richard, 1938 (thèse secondaire); Traité de la musique selon l'esprit de saint Augustin, Paris, Le Seuil, 1942; Le livre des chansons ou introduction à la connaissance de la chanson, Paris, Le Seuil, 1944; Histoire de l'éducation dans l'Antiquité, Paris, Le Seuil, 1948;

L'ambivalence du temps de l'histoire chez saint Augustin, Paris, Vrin, 1950; De la connaissance historique, Paris, Le Seuil, 1954;

Saint Augustin et l'augustinisme, Paris, Le Seuil, 1955; Les troubadours, Paris, Le Seuil, 1961; Nouvelle histoire de l'Église. Tome I, 2e partie: De la persécution de Dioclétien à la mort de Grégoire le Grand, Paris, Le Seuil, 1963; L'Église de l'Antiquité tardive 303-604, Paris, Le Seuil, collection « Points Histoire », 1985 (réédition séparée du titre précédent); Théologie de l'histoire, Paris, Le Seuil, 1968; réédition, Paris, Editions du Cerf, 2006; Patristique et humanisme, Paris, Le Seuil, 1976; Décadence romaine ou antiquité tardive?, Paris, Le Seuil, collection « Points Histoire », 1977 (posthume); Christiana tempora. Mélanges d'histoire, d'archéologie, d'épigraphie et de patristique, Rome, École française de Rome, 1978; Crise de notre temps et réflexion chrétienne (1930-1975), Paris, Beauchesne, 1978 (posthume); Carnets posthumes, Paris, Éditions du Cerf, 2006.

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Birth century
Nationality
Education
Lycée Thiers, École Normale Supérieure
Positions held
President, Member of the École française de Rome
Employers
University of Paris, Institut français de Naples, Cairo University, University of Montpellier
Awards
Honorary doctorate at the Laval University; Knight of the Legion of Honour; Officer of the Legion of Honour; Croix de guerre 1939–1945; Officier d'académie; Officier de l'Instruction publique
Also known as
Henri Davenson

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Who was Henri-Irénée Marrou?

French historian (1904-1977)

When was Henri-Irénée Marrou born?

Henri-Irénée Marrou was born on 12 November 1904 in Marseille.

When did Henri-Irénée Marrou die?

Henri-Irénée Marrou died on 11 April 1977 in Châtenay-Malabry, Bourg-la-Reine.

What was Henri-Irénée Marrou's occupation?

Henri-Irénée Marrou was a church historian, historian, university teacher, french resistance fighter, translator and classical philologist.

What nationality was Henri-Irénée Marrou?

Henri-Irénée Marrou was French.

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