Robert Folz was a French

France

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 medievalist and specialist on the Carolingian

Carolingian

The Carolingian dynasty was a Frankish noble family with origins in the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century AD. The name "Carolingian", Medieval Latin karolingi, an altered form of an unattested Old High German *karling, kerling The Carolingian dynasty (known variously as the...

 era.

Born in Metz, Folz spent his academic career at the University of Burgundy

University of Burgundy

The University of Burgundy is a university located in Dijon, France.The University of Burgundy is situated on a large campus called Campus Montmuzard, 15 minutes by bus from the City Centre...

 in Dijon

Dijon

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. Professor of history from 1947, he headed the History

History

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 department as Dean

Dean (education)

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 and Professor Emeritus from 1968, and the faculty of Arts from 1978. From 1956 he was a member of the Academy of Science, Arts, and Belles-lettres of Dijon.

His papers are held, as the Fonds Robert Folz, by the University of Burgundy.

Select bibliography

Le souvenir et la légende de Charlemagne dans l'Empire germanique médiéval. (1950)

• The concept of empire in Western Europe from the fifth to the fourteenth century. (1953, translation published 1969)
• The coronation of Charlemagne. 25 December 800. (1964, translation published 1974) Les saints rois du Moyen Âge en Occident, (VIe-XIIIe siècles). (1984) Les saintes reines du Moyen Âge en Occident (VIe-XIIIe siècles). (1992)