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Olivier Chaline

Olivier Chaline (29 December 1964) is a French historian who specialises in the history of Central Europe.

Biography

Chaline was born on 29 December 1964, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, to historians Jean-Pierre Chaline and Nadine-Josette Chaline. Chaline entered the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) in 1984. After he obtained his agrégation in history, he taught at the ENS before being appointed to the University of Rennes II (1999–2001), then to the Paris-Sorbonne University. He occasionally teaches at Charles University at Prague.

In 2006, Olivier Chaline was given the Prix Guizot of the Académie française for his book Le Règne de Louis XIV.

Main works

  • 1996: La France au XVIIIe siècle, 1715–1787, Belin, Paris, ;
  • 1996: Godart de Belbeuf. Le Parlement, le roi et les Normands, Bertout,
  • 1998: La Reconquête catholique de l’Europe centrale, XVIe–XVIIIe siècle, Éditions du Cerf, Paris,
  • 1999: La Place du Vieux-Marché et le Martyre de Jeanne d'Arc, ,
  • 2000: La Bataille de la Montagne Blanche (8 novembre 1620). Un mystique chez les guerriers, Noesis, Paris , Prize XVIIe in 2001 ;
  • 2005: Le Règne de Louis XIV, Flammarion,
  • 2009: L'Année des quatre dauphins, Flammarion, .
  • 2010:
  • 2010:
  • 2016: La mer et la France. Quand les Bourbons voulaient dominer les océans, Flammarion

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