Gaston Zeller

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Gaston Zeller (born March 9, 1890 in Belfort , † October 3, 1960 in Paris ) was a French historian.

He was first a high school teacher in Metz and Strasbourg, taught in Clermont-Ferrand and from 1933 in Strasbourg. During the Second World War he moved to Clermont-Ferrand with the University of Strasbourg. In 1946 he became professor of modern history at the Sorbonne .

He became known early on for his book - at the same time his dissertation - on the incorporation of Metz into France, in which he also shared the view of a French foreign policy in the 16th and 17th centuries, which was widespread on both the German and the French side, of a French foreign policy in the 16th and 17th centuries - at the same time his doctoral thesis Rejected 17th century. The work of around 900 pages established his reputation and opened his university career. Later he dealt mainly with the history of diplomacy, administrative history, the history of the 16th century, Alsace and Franco-German relations.

He was a Knight of the Legion of Honor . Zeller received the Prix Gobert (for La reunion de Metz), the Prix Marcel Flach (for L´Alsace Francaise de Louis XIV a nos jours), the Prix Thérouanne and the Prix Drouin de Lhouys.

Fonts

  • Reunion de Metz à la France (1552-1648) . 2 volumes. Paris 1926 (Volume 1: L'Occupation, Volume 2: La Protection)
  • L'Alsace francaise de Louis XIV a nos jours . A. Colin, Paris 1945
  • La France et l'Allemagne depuis dix siècles . A. Colin, Paris 1932; German: A thousand years of Franco-German relations. A historical outline from a French perspective . Baden-Baden 1954
  • Les institutions de la France au XVIe siècle . Presses Universitaire de France, 1948
  • Comment s'est faite la réunion de l'Alsace à la France . Belles Lettres, Paris 1948
  • Les Temps Modernes , 2 volumes of the series Histoire des relations internationales , Volume 2 (De Christophe Colomb à Cromwell), Volume 3 (De Louis XIV à 1789), ed. by Pierre Renouvin. Hachette, Paris 1953 and 1955, new editions 1961, 1963
  • Histoíre et sociologie; l'avenir des sciences de l'homme . Ed. Universitaires, Paris 1959
  • Aspects de la politique francais sous l'ancien regime . Presses Universitaire de France, 1964
  • La Vie économique de l'Europe au XVIe siècle . Center de documentation universitaire, Paris 1966
  • L'organization défensive des frontières du Nord et de l'Est au XVIIe siècle , Paris: Berger-Levrault, 1928
  • La monarchie d'ancien régime et les frontières naturelles , Paris: F. Alcan, 1933
  • Les rois de France candidats à l'Empire: essai sur l'idéologie impériale en France , Presses universitaires de France, 1934
  • Histoire d'une idée fausse , Paris: la Renaissance du livre, 1936
  • Gouverneurs de provinces au XVIe siècle , Paris 1939
  • L'administration monarchique avant les intendants: parlements et gouverneurs , Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 1947
  • La Méditerranée et sesproblemèmes aux XVIe et XVIIe siècles , Center de documentation universitaire, 1948
  • French diplomacy and foreign policy in their European setting in FL Carsten (editor) The New Cambridge Modern History , Volume 5, 1961

literature

  • Steffen Kaudelka: Reception in the Age of Confrontation. French history and history in Germany 1920-1940 . Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht 2003 (section Gaston Zeller and the dispute about France's historical Rhine policy , p. 78ff.)

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personal data
SURNAME Zeller, Gaston
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Belfort
DATE OF DEATH October 3, 1960
Place of death Paris