Henri Bresc

Henri Bresc
Born	12 December 1939 [1] Cannes, France [1]
Occupation	Historian
Nationality	French
Subject	Mediaeval history

Henri Bresc (born 12 December 1939) is a French historian who specialises in the Mediaeval history of Sicily, and particularly in the inter-relation in the Mediterranean area between the three principal monotheistic religions. ^{[2] [3]} From 1990 until 2008 he was a professor at Paris X Nanterre university, ^[3] and is director of its Centre d'Histoire Sociale et Culturelle de l'Occident. ^{[4] : 153  [1]} He previously taught at the University of Nice. ^[1]

In 2002 Bresc received an honorary degree in letters from the University of Palermo. ^[2]

Works

Among Bresc's many publications are: ^[1]

• Livre et société en Sicile (1299-1499). Palermo: Centro di Studi Filologici e Linguistici Siciliani, 1971
• La Correspondance de Pierre Ameilh, archevêque de Naples, puis d'Embrun (1363-1369). Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1972
• Un monde méditerranéen. Économie et société en Sicile (1300-1450). Rome: École française de Rome, 1986
• Idrîsî: La première géographie de l'Occident. Paris: Garnier-Flammarion, 1999 (with Annliese Nef)
• Una stagione in Sicilia: Nompar de Caumont a Isnello (1420), La Fardelliana, 6/1-2 (1991), pp. 5–25 (in Italian)
• Arabes de langue, Juifs de religion. L'évolution du judaïsme sicilien dans l'environnement latin, XIIe -XVe siècles. Saint-Denis: Bouchène, 2001
  • Italian edition: Arabi per lingua, ebrei per religione. Messina: GEM, 2001

References

1. Brec Henri (in French). Océanides. Accessed January 2016.
2. Antonella Mulé (5 March 2002). Lauree honoris causa a Henri Bresc e Max Pfister: Due attenti osservatori della Sicilia medioevale (in Italian). Università degli Studi di Palermo. Archived 30 December 2002.
3. Bresc Henri (in French). Paris: Institut Européen en Sciences des Religions. Accessed January 2016.
4. Abdelwahab Meddeb, Benjamin Stora (2013). A History of Jewish-Muslim Relations: From the Origins to the Present Day. Princeton; Woodstock: Princeton University Press. ISBN   9780691151274.