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Philippe Buc is a French/American historian concentrating on religion and politics, mainly in the European Middle Ages. Since 2021 he is Professor of Medieval History at the Leiden University. [1]

Buc did his undergraduate studies at Swarthmore College, graduating in 1982. He then attended the prestigious EHESS (quasi-university) in Paris between 1984 and December 2011, studying History and receiving his doctorate for his dissertation entitled "Potestas: prince, pouvoir, et peuple dans les commentaires de la Bible (Paris et France du Nord, 1100-1330") (loosely, "Potestas: Prince power and people in bible commentaries - Paris and northern France: 1100-1330"). [2] The work was supervised by Jean-Claude Schmitt and informally but energetically by Jacques Le Goff. [3]

He was a professor at Stanford University (USA) between 1990 and 2011. An important focus of his research is on Christian violence and cultures of violence shaped by Christianity. See Holy War, Martyrdom, and Terror (2015). Buc's book, The Dangers of Ritual (2001), [4] garnered a lot of attention from early medieval historians for its commentary on the subject of ritual. In September 2011 he became Professor for Medieval History at the University of Vienna, Institut für Geschichte and Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung. At around the same time he accepted US citizenship (while still retaining the French citizenship acquired by virtue of his birth in Paris ). [2]

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References

  1. "New professor of Medieval History Philippe Buc: 'I am just like a shepherd'". University Leiden. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Univ.-Prof. Dr. Philippe Buc .... Lebenslauf". Professor für Mittelalterliche Geschichte und Historische Hilfswissenschaften. Universität Wien (Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung). Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  3. "Potestas: prince, pouvoir et peuple dans les commentaires de la Bible : Paris et France du Nord : 1100-1330 par Philippe Buc". Soutenue en 1989 à Paris, EHESS ... Résumé. Agence Bibliographique de l'Enseignement Supérieur (ABES), Montpellier (Moteur de recherche des thèses de doctorat françaises). Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  4. Martha Rampton (1 November 2002). "The Dangers of Ritual: Between Early Medieval Texts and Social Scientific Theory". review. Pacific University ("Common Knowledge"). Retrieved 13 December 2020.