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Pierre Goubert

1915 – 2012

French historian

Historian Professeur des universitésDirector of studies
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Lived 1915 – 2012 (aged 96). Pierre Goubert was a French historian, professeur des universités, director of studies, secondary school teacher and researcher.

Pierre Goubert (; 25 January 1915 – 16 January 2012) was a French historian. A member of the Annales School, he is considered one of the founders of historical demography and modern rural history. He was a noted specialist on the 17th century, especially of the Ancien Régime societies and mentalities.

Works Beauvais et le Beauvaisis de 1600 à 1730 : contribution à l'histoire sociale de la France du XVIIe siècle (1958) Familles marchandes sous l'ancien régime : les Danse et les Motte, de Beauvais (1959) 1789, les Francais ont la parole : cahiers de doleances des Etats generaux (1964) with Michel Denis Louis XIV et vingt millions de Français (1966) in English Louis XIV and twenty million Frenchmen (1970) Cent mille provinciaux au XVIIe siècle (1968) Louis XIV: le roi, le royaume: dossier (1968) L'ancien régime 1. La société (1969) in English The ancien régime. French society, 1600-1750 (1973) L'avènement du Roi-Soleil (1971) L'ancien régime 2: Les pouvoirs (1973) Clio parmi les hommes (1976) La vie quotidienne des paysans français au XVIIe siècle (1982) in English The French peasantry in the seventeenth century (1986) Initiation à l'histoire de la France (1984) in English The course of French history (1988) Les Français et l'Ancien Régime. I - La Société et l'État (1984) Mazarin (1990) Un parcours d'historien : souvenirs, 1915-1995 (1996) Le siècle de Louis XIV: études (1996)

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Birth century
Nationality
Education
École normale supérieure de lettres et sciences humaines, University of Paris
Positions held
President
Employers
University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, École pratique des hautes études, National Center for Scientific Research, University of Rennes
Awards
Grand Prix Gobert; Pierre Lafue Prize; Prix Thérouanne

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Pierre Goubert?

French historian (1915–2012)

When was Pierre Goubert born?

Pierre Goubert was born on 25 January 1915 in Saumur.

When did Pierre Goubert die?

Pierre Goubert died on 16 January 2012 in Issy-les-Moulineaux.

What was Pierre Goubert's occupation?

Pierre Goubert was a historian, professeur des universités, director of studies, secondary school teacher and researcher.

What nationality was Pierre Goubert?

Pierre Goubert was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Pierre Goubert

· Wikidata: Q3385282

· DBpedia: Pierre Goubert

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