Alfred Nicolas Rambaud

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Alfred Nicolas Rambaud

Alfred Nicolas Rambaud (born July 2, 1842 in Besançon , † November 10, 1905 in Paris ) was a French historian and politician . As a historian, he specialized in the history of France, the Byzantine Empire and Russia; his work was highly valued towards the end of the 19th century. Towards the end of his life he joined Jules Ferry and was Senator of the Doubs Department from 1895 to 1903 and Minister of Education from 1896 to 1898. Rambaud was admitted to the Académie des sciences morales et politiquesrecorded. In 1876 he was elected a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg .

Main work

His main work is his twelve-volume Histoire générale du IVe siècle jusqu'à nos jours , which he wrote together with the French historian Ernest Lavisse (1842–1922).

  • Histoire générale du IVe siècle jusqu'à nos jours. A. Colin, Paris 1892-1901.
    • Volume 1: Les origines: 395-1095.
    • Volume 2: L 'Europe féodale les croisades: 1095-1270.
    • Volume 3: Formation des grands états: 1270–1492.
    • Volume 4: Renaissance et réforme les nouveaux mondes, 1492–1559.
    • Volume 5: Les guerres de religion: 1559–1648.
    • Volume 6: Louis XIV: 1643-1715.
    • Volume 7: Le XVIIIe siècle: 1715-1788.
    • Volume 8: La Révolution française: 1789-1799.
    • Volume 9: Napoléon: 1800-1815.
    • Volume 10: Les monarchies constitutionelles: 1815-1847.
    • Volume 11: Révolutions et guerres nationales: 1848–1870.
    • Volume 12: Le monde contemporain: 1870-1900.

Other works

  • L'Empire grec au Xe siècle. 1870.
  • Le monde byzantine; le sport et l'hippodrome. 1871. In: Études sur l'Histoire Byzantine.
  • La domination française en Allemagne; les Français sur le Rhin. 1873.
  • L'Allemagne sous Napoleon. 1874.
  • La Russie épique. 1876.
  • Français et Russes, Moscou et Sévastopol. 1876.
  • Histoire de la Russie depuis les origines jusqu'à l'année 1877. 1878.
  • Histoire de la civilization française. 1885.
  • Expansion de l'Angleterre. 1885.
  • Histoire de la civilization contemporaine en France. 1888.
  • Instructions données aux ambassadeurs. 1890.
  • Russes et Prussiens, guerre de Sept Ans. 1895.
  • Jules Ferry. 1903.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1724. Alfred Nicolas Rambaud. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed October 18, 2015 .

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personal data
SURNAME Rambaud, Alfred Nicolas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French historian and politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Besançon
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1905
Place of death Paris