Pierre de Saint Jacob

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Pierre de Saint Jacob (born January 27, 1906 in Mervans , Département Saône-et-Loire , † November 20, 1960 in Dijon ) was a French historian who dealt in particular with the history of the rural population and specifically from his homeland of Bourgogne in The modern era.

He went to school in Louhans and Mâcon and taught in Louhans, while he continued to study in Dijon with a licentiate degree in 1930. There he was a student of Gaston Roupnel , who also encouraged him. He then prepared for the Agrégation, including with André Allix (1889-1966) in Lyon, and after receiving it, taught in 1938 (where he finished fourth in the competition) in Dijon (Lycée Carnot). He taught there until 1957, except from 1946 to 1948 when he was doing research for the CNRS . From 1957 he taught at the University (Faculté des Sciences) in Dijon, where shortly before his sudden death he was to receive the chair in modern history that had been created for him.

His dissertation was on farmers in Bourgogne at the end of the 18th century and was started under Marc Bloch of the Annales School and then submitted to Ernest Labrousse in 1959 at the Sorbonne . He died of a heart attack before it was published in 1960. However, he has published on the subject since the 1930s.

He had been married to the history teacher Fernande Thabussot (died 1958) since 1943 and had a son and a daughter with her. He is buried in his hometown of Mervans.

Fonts

  • Paysans de la Bourgogne du Nord au dernier siècle de l'Ancien Régime, Ed. Universitaire de Dijon 1960
  • Documents relatifs à la communauté villageoise en Bourgogne, 1962
  • Des terroirs et des hommes, 2008 (Articles)

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personal data
SURNAME Saint Jacob, Pierre de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Mervans , Saône-et-Loire department
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1960
Place of death Dijon