Hervé Leuwers
Hervé Leuwers (born 14 February 1963) is a French historian. He is a specialist on Maximilien Robespierre, the history of the French Revolution, and the history of justice and judicial professions.
Biography
Hervé was born in
Merlin de Douai (1754-1838). Since 2008 Leuwers teaches at the University of Artois, and then at Lille-III (now the University of Lille).[2] His works are mainly devoted to the history of justice and legal professions, as well as to that of men and the political and judicial branches of the French Revolution.[3][4] Leuwers was influenced by Gérard Walter, Henri Guillemin, and Norman Hampson.[5]
There have been important recent French biographies in recent years by Hervé Leuwers and
Louis-le-Grand
in 1775.
In 2018, he published a biography of Camille and Lucile Desmoulins.
Hervé Leuwers has been the director of the historical Record of the French Revolution from 2011 to 2018.[7] Since this date, he is the president of the Society of studies robespierristes and secretary-general of the International Society for the history of the profession of lawyer.
Publications
- Merlin de Douai: un juriste en politique. Arras, Artois presses Université, coll. « Histoire », 1996, ISBN 2-910663-05-1
- L’invention du barreau français (1660-1830). La construction nationale d’un groupe professionnel (2006)[1]
- La justice dans la France moderne. Du roi de justice à la justice de la nation (1498-1792). Paris, Ellipses, 2010
- La Révolution française et l’Empire. Paris, Presses universitaires de France (PUF) 2011
- Defence in writing. The end of the printed legal brief (France, 1788-1792) », Quaderni storici, 3-2012, dicembre, p. 723-744.
- Robespierre. Paris, Fayard, 2014, ISBN 978-2-213-67156-7
- Robespierre. Paris, Pluriel, coll. « Pluriel », 2016
- Camille et Lucile Desmoulins: un rêve de république. Paris, ISBN 978-2-213-69373-6
- Maximilien Robespierre. L'homme derrière les légendes. Paris (PUF 2019) ISBN 978-2-13-080027-9
- La Révolution française. Paris (PUF 2020) ISBN 978-2-13-082509-8
References
- ^ "Hervé Leuwers | Université de Lille - Academia.edu". univ-lille.academia.edu. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ "Hervé Leuwers | Université de Lille - Academia.edu". univ-lille.academia.edu. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ "Hervé Leuwers". www.puf.com. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ "Herve LEUWERS - Université de Lille" (in French). Pro.univ-lille.fr. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ "Hervé Leuwers " Les combats de Robespierre se rejoignent dans ses références au peuple "". L'Humanité (in French). 10 December 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ "Maximilien Robespierre". Serious Science. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ "Hervé Leuwers : « L'actualité de la Révolution, c'est une exigence républicaine (...) - L'ARBR- Les Amis de Robespierre". www.amis-robespierre.org. Retrieved 29 January 2023.