Martin Aurell, last prize in the "Point" biography, died

On 25 January, at the Nîmes Biographie Festival, he received the "Point" prize for his "Alienor d'Aquitaine". Portrait of one of the great French medievalists.

The historian Martin Aurell was expected this Sunday in Angers to present his latest book, a biography of Alienor d'Aquitaine The historian Martin Aurell died this Saturday, February 8th announced

The medievalist from Poitiers Martin Aurell died during the night of Friday 7 to Saturday 8 February 2025. Professor of medieval history at the University of Poitiers since 1994, he had directed its centre for higher studies in medieval civilisation (CESM from 2015 to 2022). With him disappears an academic who largely contributed to the influence of his speciality through his work, the theses he supervised and his numerous publications. Martin A…