Olivier Chaline
Olivier Chaline is a contemporary French historian, a specialist of the history of Central Europe.Biography
The son of Jean-Pierre Chaline, himself an historian, and Nadine-Josette Chaline, also an historian, Olivier Chaline entered the École Normale Supérieure in 1984. After he obtained his agrégation in history, he taught at the ENS before being appointed at the University of Rennes II then at the Paris-Sorbonne University. He occasionally teaches at Charles University at Prague.
In 2006, Olivier Chaline was bestowed the of the Académie française for his 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. 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
Honours
- Chevalier de l’Ordre national du Mérite
