Philippe Maurice

Philippe Maurice is a CNRS Researcher at the Centre de Recherches Historiques (CRH), affiliated with the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. He is a member of the AHLoMA research team (Anthropologie Historique de l'Occident Médiéval), focusing on medieval Western historical anthropology. His professional address is at CRH-AHLOMA, 2 rue Vivienne, 75002 Paris.

Dr. Maurice earned his PhD in medieval history from the University of Tours in 1995 with a thesis on 'La famille en Gévaudan à la fin du Moyen-Âge' (Family in Gévaudan at the end of the Middle Ages). His academic journey includes research positions at ADEAUT in Tours (1999-2000), a research grant from the Centre region (2000-2001), and membership in the Fasti Ecclesiae gallicanae group (2000-2005). Since March 2002, he has held a permanent position as a researcher at CNRS, attached to EHESS's CRH, while also being affiliated with CIRAD.

Philippe Maurice's research primarily focuses on medieval history, with particular emphasis on the Gévaudan region in southern France. His work spans family history, religious history, notarial studies, and medieval Western anthropology. He has conducted extensive research on family structures, religious practices, and social organization in medieval Gévaudan, with special attention to the role of notaries, the impact of religious wars, and the dynamics of local communities. His research methodology combines paleography, archival analysis, and anthropological approaches to understand medieval society.

Dr. Maurice has received multiple research grants, including two from the École française de Rome (2002 and 2003) for studies on Pope Urbain V and Guy de Chaulhac, surgeon to several popes. His scholarly output includes numerous books and articles, with his most recent publications addressing notarial practices, religious wars, and social mobility in sixteenth-century Gévaudan.

• Research grant from École française de Rome (2002)
• Research grant from École française de Rome (2003)
• Research grant from Centre region (2000-2001)

As an educator, Dr. Maurice has organized a seminar on French and Latin medieval paleography at EHESS since 2002, open to master's students and the general public. He co-directed the EHESS seminar 'Famille, religion et pouvoir au Moyen-Âge' (Family, religion and power in the Middle Ages) with Abel Lamauvinière from 2002 to 2009. For the 2024-2025 academic year, he is teaching Medieval Latin and French paleography.

Dr. Maurice has also contributed to digital humanities by making inventories of notarial registers from Lozère available both in paper form at the Departmental Archives and online through lozere-histoire-genealogie.com. His work bridges traditional historical research with digital accessibility, enhancing scholarly engagement with medieval sources.