Paul Guiraud
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Paul Guiraud was a French historian
who was born in Cenne-Monestiés
, a commune located in the department of Aude
.
Guiraud was a professor of Greek history to the faculties at Douai
and Toulouse
, and later a lecturer at the École Normale Supérieure
. In 1906 he was elected a member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques.
Among his better known publications was an 1896 biography
of his former teacher- Fustel de Coulanges (1830–1889), and a work titled Vie privée et la vie publique des Grecs (Private and Public Life in Ancient Greece
). Other written works by Guiraud include:
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
who was born in Cenne-Monestiés
Cenne-Monestiés
Cenne-Monestiés is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.-Population:-References:*...
, a commune located in the department of Aude
Aude
Aude is a department in south-central France named after the river Aude. The local council also calls the department "Cathar Country".Aude is also a frequent feminine French given name in Francophone countries, deriving initially from Aude or Oda, a wife of Bertrand, Duke of Aquitaine, and mother...
.
Guiraud was a professor of Greek history to the faculties at Douai
Douai
-Main sights:Douai's ornate Gothic style belfry was begun in 1380, on the site of an earlier tower. The 80 m high structure includes an impressive carillon, consisting of 62 bells spanning 5 octaves. The originals, some dating from 1391 were removed in 1917 during World War I by the occupying...
and Toulouse
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
, and later a lecturer at the École Normale Supérieure
École Normale Supérieure
The École normale supérieure is one of the most prestigious French grandes écoles...
. In 1906 he was elected a member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques.
Among his better known publications was an 1896 biography
Biography
A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...
of his former teacher- Fustel de Coulanges (1830–1889), and a work titled Vie privée et la vie publique des Grecs (Private and Public Life in Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece is a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity. Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Included in Ancient Greece is the...
). Other written works by Guiraud include:
- Le Différend entre César et le Sénat (59-49 av. J.-C.) (Differences between Caesar and the Senate (59-49 BC), (1878)
- Les Assemblées provinciales dans l'Empire romain (The Provincial Assemblies in the Roman EmpireRoman EmpireThe Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
), (1887) - La Propriété foncière en Grèce jusqu'à la conquête romaine (Greek Regions prior to the Roman Conquest), (1893)
- La Main-d'œuvre industrielle dans l'ancienne Grèce (Industrial Labor in Ancient Greece), (1900)
- Études économiques sur l'antiquité (Economic Studies on Antiquity), (1905)