Jean-Louis Flandrin (July 4, 1931 â August 8, 2001) was a French historian. His fields of study were family, sexuality, and, in particular, food. He introduced new analytical methods and examined a range of sources including church penitentials, cookbooks, and even traditional proverbs over a wide historical time-frame, from the High Middle Ages to the 20th century. At the time of his death, Flandrin was Professor Emeritus at the University of Paris VIII and Head of Research at the ÃÂcole des hautes études en sciences sociales.
Works
- LâÂÂÃÂglise et le contrôle des naissances (1970), rééd. LâÂÂÃÂglise et la contraception (2006)
- Les Amours paysannes (xvie â xixe siècles) (1975)
- Familles: Parenté, maison, sexualité dans l'ancienne société (1976)
- Le Sexe et l'Occident: ÃÂvolution des attitudes et des comportements (1981)
- Un temps pour embrasser (1983)
- Histoire de l'alimentation (1996), ouvrage collectif de quarante signatures codirigé avec Massimo Montanari
- Tables dâÂÂhier, tables dâÂÂailleurs
- Fêtes gourmandes au Moyen ÃÂge, avec Carole Lambert (1998)
- Histoire et ethnologie du repas (1999)
- LâÂÂOrdre des mets (2002)
His personal papers are preserved at the Archives nationales under the document code 624AP.
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