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Jean Orcibal

1913 – 1991

French historian

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Lived 1913 – 1991 (aged 78). Jean Orcibal was a French historian and researcher.

Jean Orcibal (10 May 1913 – 18 December 1991) was a 20th-century French historian.

A member of the École française de Rome between 1933 and 1939, from 1952 he was directeur d'études at the École pratique des hautes études in his specialty, the history of modern and contemporary Catholicism. He particularly focused his research on Fénelon by editing his voluminous correspondence and on Jansenism. In 1990, he won the Amic Prize awarded by the Académie Française.

Works 1937: La formation spirituelle d'Angelus Silesius (Johann Scheffler), thesis, 1944: Jean Duvergier de Hauranne, abbé de Saint-Cyran et son temps, doctorate thesis, 1949: Louis XIV contre Innocent IX, 1951: Louis XIV et les protestants, 1957: Port-Royal entre le miracle et l'obéissance, 1959: La rencontre du Carmel Thérésien avec les mystiques du nord, 1961: Saint-Cyran et le jansénisme, 1962: La spiritualité de Saint-Cyran, 1965: Le cardinal de Bérulle. Évolution d'une spiritualité, 1966: Saint-Jean de la Croix et les mystiques rhéno-flamands, 1982: Benoît de Canfield. La règle de perfection, 1989: Jansénius d'Ypres.

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
École Normale Supérieure, École pratique des hautes études
Positions held
Member of the École française de Rome
Employers
École pratique des hautes études, École française de Rome
Awards
Amic Prize; CNRS silver medal

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Jean Orcibal's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Jean Orcibal?

French historian (1913-1991)

When was Jean Orcibal born?

Jean Orcibal was born on 10 May 1913 in Bordeaux.

When did Jean Orcibal die?

Jean Orcibal died on 18 December 1991 in Bordeaux.

What was Jean Orcibal's occupation?

Jean Orcibal was a historian and researcher.

What nationality was Jean Orcibal?

Jean Orcibal was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jean Orcibal

· Wikidata: Q16658086

· DBpedia: Jean Orcibal

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