author
Jean-H. (Jean-Hippolyte) Mariéjol
1855–1934
A French historian of the Renaissance, he wrote vividly about figures like Catherine de' Medici and Marguerite de Valois. His work helped bring the politics and personalities of the 16th and 17th centuries to a broad reading public.
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Catherine de Médicis (1519-1589)
by Jean-H. (Jean-Hippolyte) Mariéjol
About the author
Born in Antibes in 1855 and dying there in 1934, Jean-Hippolyte Mariéjol was a French scholar and historian known especially for his studies of the 16th and 17th centuries. Reference sources including the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the French Wikipedia identify him as a university historian and writer.
Mariéjol is best remembered for books on major Renaissance figures, including Catherine de Médicis and La vie de Marguerite de Valois, reine de Navarre et de France. His subjects suggest the kind of history he liked best: political, biographical, and closely tied to the drama of early modern France and Europe.
He was also associated with learned institutions in France, including the Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Lyon. No clear portrait photograph was confirmed from the sources reviewed, so no author image is included here.