Monday, March 14, 2011

Henri Grgoire

Henri Grgoire

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Henri Grgoire was an eminent scholar of the Byzantine Empire, virtually the founder of Byzantine studies in Belgium. Grgoire spent most of his teaching career at the Universit Libre de Bruxelles. In 1938, he taught at the New School for Social Research and during the Second World War, joined the cole libre des hautes tudes at the New School. He was the editor of four journalsByzantion, Nouvelle Clio, Annuaire de l'Institut de Philologie et d'Histoire Orientales et Slaves, and Flambeauand published prolifically: by 1953 he had 575 titles in his bibliography. Grgoire is especially remembered for his work on medieval epic poetry, notably Digenis Akritas.



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