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Anne Brenon

Annie Brenon, known as Anne Brenon (born 14 November 1945) is a French writer and historian, specialising in Catharism. She is the founder of Heresis, a review on Catharism and other medieval heresies and from 1982 to 1998 was director of the Centre national d'études cathares René-Nelli in Carcassonne.

Life

Born in Mâcon, she gained a diploma as an archiviste paléographe at the École nationale des chartes with a thesis entitled "Les livres des Vaudois".[1] She also received a diploma in religious sciences at the École pratique des hautes études and teaches medieval history at Montpellier University. She is a member of the Société des historiens médiévistes and an officer of the Palmes académiques.

Works

She is the author of several works on Catharism, both non-fiction and novels.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ (in French) Site de l'École nationale des chartes
  2. ^ (in French) « Les cathares vus par Anne Brenon », La Dépêche du midi, 5 October 2007
  3. ^ « Anne Brenon », on Bibliothèque cathare