Patrick Henriet
Director of Studies at the EPHE (Historical and Philological Sciences section). Research on Latin hagiographic literature of the central Middle Ages (largely but not exclusively oriented towards the Iberian peninsula). Texts are studied from various angles: philological, historical, ecclesiological, spiritual and political. Role and influence of hermits and ascetics in the Middle Ages. Complementary research in historiography and "medievalism", with a focus on the treatment of religion by scholars and writers (Renan, Sand, Péguy,20th-century scholarly monks, etc.). His publications include: La Parole et la prière au Moyen Âge. Le Verbe efficace dans l'hagiographie monastique des XIe et XIIesiècles , 2000. - L'École pratique des hautes études (1968-2018). Invention, erudition, innovation, P. Henriet (dir.), 2018. - Valère du Bierzo, Écrits autobiographiques et visions de l'au-delà (dir.), forthcoming, late 2021.
