Jacques Le Brun

Jacques Le Brun (18 May 1931 – 6 April 2020) was a French historian who specialized in the study of Christianity in the 17th century.[1]

Jacques Le Brun
Born	18 May 1931 Paris, France
Died	6 April 2020 (aged 88) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Historian

Biography

Le Brun's first works were related to Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet. He was Director of Honorary Studies at the École pratique des hautes études, and the Chair of History of Modern Catholicism at the school.[2] In addition to his research, he also edited the works of François Fénelon.

Jacques Le Brun died on 6 April 2020 at the age of 88 after contracting COVID-19.

Publications

• Bossuet (1970)
• Les Opuscules spirituels de Bossuet. Recherches sur la tradition nancéienne (1970)
• La spiritualité de Bossuet (1972)
• Le Pur Amour de Platon à Lacan (2002)
• La Jouissance et le Trouble. Recherches sur la littérature chrétienne de l'âge classique (2004)
• Le Pouvoir d'abdiquer. Essai sur la déchéance volontaire (2009)
• Sœur et amante. Les biographies spirituelles féminines du XVIIe siècle (2013)
• Dieu, un pur rien. Angelus Silesius, poésie, métaphysique et mystique (2019)

References

1. "Coronavirus: décès de l'historien Jacques Le Brun". Livres Hebdo (in French). 6 April 2020.
2. "Jacques Le Brun". Éditions du Cerf (in French).