Michèle Cointet

Michèle Cointet is a French historian. She is a professor of 20th century history at the University of Poitiers.

Biography Born in Poitiers, she holds an Agrégation in history and a Doctorate in literature. She has taught contemporary history at the University of Tours. A specialist in the Vichy France, she won the Prix François-Millepierres for her book L'Église sous Vichy 1940-1945 and the Prix Jacques-Chabannes from the Association des écrivains combattants for her Nouvelle Histoire de Vichy.

She is the wife of historian Jean-Paul Cointet.

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