Jean Delumeau
{{Short description|French historian (1923–2020)}}
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Jean Léon Marie Delumeau (18 June 1923 – 13 January 2020) was a French historian specializing in the history of the Catholic Church, and author of several books regarding the subject.{{cite web|title=Disparition de Jean Delumeau, grand historien du christianisme|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/disparition-de-jean-delumeau-grand-historien-du-christianisme-20200114|author=Jacques de Saint Victor|website=lefigaro.fr|language=fr|date=14 January 2020}} He held the Chair of the History of Religious Mentalities (1975–1994) at the Collège de France (former emeritus professor) and was a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres.{{cite web |url=http://www.aibl.fr/fr/membres/academ/delumeau.html |title=DELUMEAU Jean, Léon, Marie, Joseph, André |work=Membres de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres |publisher=Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres |access-date=29 October 2010 }}
Life and career
Jean Léon Marie Delumeau was born in Nantes on 18 June 1923{{Cite news | url=https://www.la-croix.com/Culture/Jean-Delumeau-historien-lenfer-paradis-mort-2020-01-13-1201071442 |title = Jean Delumeau, historien de l'enfer et du paradis, est mort|newspaper = La Croix|date = 13 January 2020}} and obtained his early education in several Catholic boarding schools. In 1943 he entered the École Normale Supérieure, and he later studied at the École Française de Rome, where Fernand Braudel was one of his mentors.{{cite book|author=Nelson H. Minnich|title=Journeys in Church History: Essays from the Catholic Historical Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o8-nDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA53|year=2015|publisher=CUA Press|isbn=978-0-8132-2834-1|pages=53}} He taught history at École Polytechnique, University of Rennes 2, and University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne.{{cite web|title=Jean Dolumeau|url=https://www.babelio.com/auteur/Jean-Delumeau/14713|website=babelio.com|language=fr}}{{cite web|title=L'historien des religions Jean Delumeau est mort|url=https://next.liberation.fr/livres/2020/01/14/mort-de-l-historien-des-religions-jean-delumeau_1772986|author=Robert Maggiori|website=liberation.fr|language=fr|date=14 January 2020}}.
He was director of the Armorican Center for Historical Research (1964–1970), director of studies at the École pratique des hautes études (1963–1975) and at School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (1975–1978), and professor emeritus at the Collège de France, where he occupied the chair of "History of Religious Mentalities in the Modern Western World" (1975–1994).{{cite web|title=Jean Delumeau|url=http://www.college-de-france.fr/site/jean-delumeau/|website=college-de-france.fr}}{{cite web|title=Jean Delumeau|url=http://el.enc.sorbonne.fr/mai68/index109.html|website=sorbonne.fr|language=fr}}
He was a member of the editorial board of several academic journals and a visiting professor at several universities in North America, Europe and Asia, and was also an honorary member of the Institut Universitaire de France and the Academia Europaea.{{cite web|title=Jean Delumeau|url=https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Delumeau_Jean|website=ae-info.org|language=fr}}.
On 26 February 1988, Delumeau was elected a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in the chair of Georges Dumézil.{{cite web|title=DELUMEAU Jean, Léon, Marie, Joseph, André|url=http://www.aibl.fr/membres/academiciens-depuis-1663/article/delumeau-jean-leon-marie-joseph|website=aibl.fr|date=15 February 2011}} He was given his épée d'académicien on 27 September 1989 by Philippe Wolff. During the ceremony, speeches were made by Nicole Lemaître, Alain Cabantous, Michel Mollat du Jourdin, Wolff and himself.J. Delumeau, in Hommage à Jean Delumeau à l'occasion de son élection à l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, 1990, {{p.|29-30}}. He was a candidate for the Académie française in 2002.
=Later work, death, and legacy=
On 26 April 2017, he was one of the signatories of a forum of researchers and academics announcing that their support for Emmanuel Macron in the first round of the 2017 French presidential election and calling to vote for him the second, in particular because of his commitment to higher education and research.{{cite news|title=Nous, universitaires et chercheurs, tenons à manifester notre soutien à Emmanuel Macron|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2017/04/26/nous-universitaires-et-chercheurs-tenons-a-manifester-notre-soutien-a-emmanuel-macron_5117978_3232.html|newspaper=Le Monde.fr|date=26 April 2017}} Delumeau died on 13 January 2020 in Brest.{{cite web|title=L'historien Jean Delumeau est décédé|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/societe/l-historien-jean-delumeau-est-decede-13-01-2020-2357498_23.php|website=Le Point|language=fr|date=13 January 2020|access-date=13 January 2020}}{{cite web|title=L'historien rennais Jean Delumeau est mort|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/culture/l-historien-rennais-jean-delumeau-est-mort-6687765|author=François Vercelletto|website=ouest-france.fr|language=fr|date=13 January 2020}}.{{cite news|url=https://www.la-croix.com/Culture/Jean-Delumeau-historien-lenfer-paradis-mort-2020-01-13-1201071442|title=Jean Delumeau, historien de l'enfer et du paradis, est mort|last=Giuliani|first=Emmanuelle|date=13 January 2020|language=fr|newspaper=La Croix}}
Delumeau has been described as "one of the most prominent representatives of the so-called history of mentalities" by {{ill|Vingtième Siècle : Revue d'histoire|fr|Vingtième Siècle : Revue d'histoire}}, a French historical journal[https://www.cairn-int.info/article-E_VIN_107_0145--jean-delumeau-historian-of-fear-and.htm Jean Delumeau, Historian of Fear and Sin], Vingtième Siècle : Revue d'histoire
Awards and honors
Delumeau was an honorary member of the Observatoire du patrimoine religieux, a multi-faith association that works to preserve and promote French cultural heritage.{{cite web|title=Candidatures au fauteuil de M. Léopold Sédar Senghor (F16)|url=http://www.academie-francaise.fr/actualites/candidatures-au-fauteuil-de-m-leopold-sedar-senghor-f16-1|website=academie-francaise|language=fr}} He was also a member of the sponsorship committee of the Coordination pour l'éducation à la non-violence et à la paix.{{cite web|title=La mémoire vive de Jean Delumeau|url=http://www.lavie.fr/debats/idees/la-memoire-vive-de-jean-delumeau-21-10-2015-67514_679.php|website=lavie.fr|language=fr|date=21 October 2015}}
He was made knight of the Legion of Honour on 28 Octobre 1978, promoted to officier on 31 December 1989,{{cite web |title=ORDRE DE LA LEGION D'HONNEUR Décret du 31 décembre 1989 portant promotion et nomination |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=PREX8910546D |access-date=22 January 2020}} and to commander on 31 December 1999.{{cite web |title=Décret du 31 décembre 1999 portant promotion |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=PREX9903891D |access-date=22 January 2020}} He was made officer of the Ordre national du Mérite on 19 November 1995 and promoted to commander on 7 May 2007.{{cite web |title=Décret du 7 mai 2007 portant promotion et nomination |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=PREX0710152D |access-date=22 January 2020}} He was also a commander of both the Ordre des Palmes académiques and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the latter of which he was made on 24 November 1994.{{cite web|url=https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/rechercheconsultation/consultation/ir/pdfIR.action?irId=FRAN_IR_026438|title= Culture; Cabinet et services rattachés au Ministre; Cabinet; Bureau Cabinet (1962-2000)|work= Archives des nominations et promotions dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres|date=2002}}
Delumeau received honorary degrees from the University of Porto in 1984, the University of Sherbrooke in 1986, the University of Liège in 1992, the University of Deusto (1996), and the University of Bucharest in 2011.
He received the Grand prix Gobert for his book La civilisation de la Renaissance (1968),{{cite web|title=Jean Delumeau|url=http://www.academie-francaise.fr/jean-delumeau|website=academie-francaise.fr|language=fr}} the 1975 Prix Thiers for his book Rome, the 1977 Prix Monseigneur Marcel for his book La civilisation de la Renaissance, and the 1980 Prix Montyon for his book Histoire vécue du peuple chrétien. He received the 1977 Grand prix catholique de littérature for his book Le Christianisme va-t-il mourir?.
Bibliography
- Collective, Homo Religiosus. Autour de Jean Delumeau, Paris, Fayard, 1997.
- {{cite book |author=Thomas Worcester |chapter=Jean Delumeau (1923-) |editor1=Daileader, Philip |editor2=Whalen, Philip |title=French Historians, 1900-2000: New Historical Writing in Twentieth-Century France |publisher=John Wiley & Sons Ltd |isbn=978-1-4051-9867-7 |date=2010}}
References
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External links
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