Charles Diehl

Charles Diehl (French:

Biography

He received his education at the

The Karolou Dil Street in the city of Thessaloniki (Greece) was named after Charles Diehl. The street is located near the Byzantine church of Hagia Sophia that was restored by him between 1907 and 1909.

Honours and awards

Honorary degrees

• Harvard University
• Université libre de Bruxelles
• University of Belgrade
• University of Bucharest
• National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Prizes

• Montyon Prize (1981)
• Marcelin-Guérin Prize (1907)
• Grand Prix of the Académie Française (1944)

Acknowledgement

• Member of the
  Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres
• Member of the Medieval Academy of America
• Member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Associate Member of the Real Academia de la Historia
• Associate Member of the Romanian Academy

Honours

• Grand officier of the Legion of Honour (1939)

Selected works

Diehl was the author of several influential books on

Other published works by Diehl include:

• 1896: L'Art byzantin dans L'Italie méridionale – Byzantine art in southern Italy.
• 1896: L'Afrique byzantine. Histoire de la domination byzantine en Afrique (533–709) – Byzantine Africa; history of Byzantine domination in Africa 533–709.
• 1901: Justinien et la Civilisation byzantine au 6. Siècle – Justinian I and the Byzantine civilization of the 6th century.
• 1904: Theodora, Imperatrice de Byzance –
  Theodora
  , Imperatrice of Byzantium.
• 1906–1908: Figures Byzantines – Byzantine figures.
• 1908: Excursions archéologiques en Grèce – Archaeological excursions in Greece.
• 1910: Manuel d'art byzantin – Manual of Byzantine art.
• 1920: Histoire de l'empire byzantin – History of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1928: L'Art chrétien primitif et l'art byzantin – Early Christian art and Byzantine art.
• 1933: La Peinture byzantine – Byzantine paintings.
• 1943: Les Grands Problèmes de l'Histoire Byzantine – The main problems of Byzantine history.

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