Regime pernoud biography

French historian and archivist

Régine Pernoud (17 June , Château-Chinon, Nièvre – 22 April , Paris) was a French historian and archivist.^[1] Pernoud was one of the most prolific medievalists in 20th century France; more than any other single scholar of her time, her work advanced and expanded the study of Joan of Arc.^[2]

Career

In , she obtained a baccalauréat universitaire ès lettres (BA) at the University of Aix-en-Provence.

Regime pernoud biography definition

She moved to Paris where she entered the École nationale des chartes which she left in with a diploma as an archivist-paleographer. In , she was awarded a doctorate in medieval history from the Sorbonne. Having grown up in an impoverished family, she worked in various professions (including as a teacher, a coach, and an archivist) while completing her university studies and while waiting for a post in a museum.

She later became curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Reims, in , at the Museum of the History of France