Philippe Contamine

Philippe Contamine (7 May 1932 – 26 January 2022) was a French historian. His works focused on the Middle Ages. Contamine was a president of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, the Société de l'histoire de France, and the Societé des Antiquaires de France. 
He taught at the Université de Nancy, the Université de Paris X at Nanterre and Université de Paris IV (Paris-Sorbonne). 
Contamine died on 26 January 2022 in Paris, at the age of 89.