# Martin Aurell

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**Martin Aurell Cardona** (23 February 1958 – 8 February 2025) was a Spanish-French historian and academic.[1] He specialised in the [House of Plantagenet](/source/House_of_Plantagenet).[2]

## Life and career

Born in [Barcelona](/source/Barcelona) on 23 February 1958, Aurell was the eldest of four children. His brother, [Jaume Aurell](/source/Jaume_Aurell), was also a medieval historian.[3] He earned his *[Diplôme nationale de doctorate](/source/Doctorate#France)* from the [University of Provence](/source/University_of_Provence) in 1994,[4] having also studied history and philology at the [École pratique des hautes études](/source/%C3%89cole_pratique_des_hautes_%C3%A9tudes).[5]

Aurell began his career as an assistant professor in [Nice](/source/Nice) in 1986.[6] He was a lecturer at [Paris-Sorbonne University](/source/Paris-Sorbonne_University) and the [University of Rouen Normandy](/source/University_of_Rouen_Normandy) before starting his longtime tenure at the [University of Poitiers](/source/University_of_Poitiers).[7] In 1999, he became a member of the [Institute for Advanced Study](/source/Institute_for_Advanced_Study) in [Princeton, New Jersey](/source/Princeton,_New_Jersey) and was a member of the [Institut Universitaire de France](/source/Institut_Universitaire_de_France) from 2002 to 2012.[8] From 2015 to 2022, he was director of the [Centre d'études supérieures de civilisation médiévale](/source/Centre_d'%C3%A9tudes_sup%C3%A9rieures_de_civilisation_m%C3%A9di%C3%A9vale).[9] From 2023 until his death, he was president of the [Centre Vendéen de Recherches Historiques](/source/Centre_Vend%C3%A9en_de_Recherches_Historiques).[10] Throughout his career, he primarily studied the 10th through 13th Centuries.[11] He notably wrote about detractors from the [Crusades](/source/Crusades).[12] His 2024 book *Aliénor d'Aquitaine, souveraine femme* received the [Prix de la biographie](/source/Festival_de_la_biographie) from the newspaper *[Le Point](/source/Le_Point)*.[13]

Martin Aurell died suddenly from a [pulmonary embolism](/source/Pulmonary_embolism) in [Nantes](/source/Nantes), on 8 February 2025, at the age of 66.[14] Several tributes were made in his honor in the academic sphere.[15]

## Works

### Books

- *Une Famille de la noblesse provençale au Moyen Âge, les Porcelet* (1986)
- *La Vielle et l'épée : troubadours et politique en Provence au XIIIe siècle* (1989)
- *L'État et l'aristocratie en Catalogne et en Provence (IXe – XIVe siècles)* (1994)
- *Les noces du comte : mariage et pouvoir en Catalogne (785-1213)* (1995)
- *La noblesse en Occident (Ve – XVe siècles)* (1996)
- *Les actes de la famille Porcelet d'Arles : 972-1320* (2001)
- *L'empire des Plantagenêt, 1154-1224* (2002)
- *La Provence au Moyen Âge* (2005)
- *La légende du roi Arthur, 550-1250* (2007)[16]
- *Le chevalier lettré : savoir et conduite de l'aristocratie aux XIIe et XIIIe siècles* (2011)
- *Des Chrétiens contre les croisades (XIIe – XIIIe siècle)* (2013)[17]
- *Aliénor d'Aquitaine* (2020)[18]
- *Excalibur, Durendal, Joyeuse : la force de l'épée* (2021)[19]
- *Les chevaliers de la Table ronde: romans arthuriens* (2022)
- *Dix idées reçues sur le Moyen Âge* (2023)[20]
- *Aliénor d'Aquitaine : souveraine femme* (2024)

### CD

- *Aliénor d’Aquitaine. Une biographie expliquée* (2019)

### Video

- *Regna et femina : pour une histoire d’Aliénor d’Aquitaine* (1999)

## References

1. Catinchi, Philippe-Jean (12 February 2025). ["La mort de Martin Aurell, historien médiéviste"](https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2025/02/12/la-mort-de-martin-aurell-historien-medieviste_6543575_3382.html) (in French). *[Le Monde](/source/Le_Monde)*. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

1. Mudrak, Romain (30 May 2023). ["Martin Aurell, Seigneur des historiens"](https://www.le7.info/article/21764-martin-aurell-seigneur-des-historiens) (in French). *Le7.info*. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

1. Aurell, Martin (2013). *Des Chrétiens contre les croisades : XIIe – XIIIe siècles* (in French). Fayard.

1. ["L'Etat et l'aristocratie en Catalogne et en Provence : (IXe-XIVe siècles) : \[thèse soutenue sur un ensemble de travaux\]"](https://theses.fr/1994AIX10001) (in French). *theses.fr*

1. Arnold, Marianne (14 February 2025). ["Disparition de Martin Aurell le 8 février 2025"](https://histoirebnf.hypotheses.org/36950) (in French). *[Bibliothèque nationale de France](/source/Biblioth%C3%A8que_nationale_de_France)*. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

1. ["Martin Aurell est mort"](https://www.lhistoire.fr/hommage/martin-aurell-est-mort) (in French). *[L'Histoire](/source/L'Histoire)*. 12 February 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

1. ["Martin Aurell"](https://www.radiofrance.fr/personnes/martin-aurell) (in French). *France Culture*

1. ["Martin Aurell"](https://cv.hal.science/martin-aurell) (in French). *HAL*

1. Lorrain, François-Guillaume (10 February 2025). ["Martin Aurell, dernier Prix de la biographie du « Point », est mort"](https://www.lepoint.fr/histoire/martin-aurell-dernier-prix-de-la-biographie-du-point-est-mort-10-02-2025-2581941_1615.php#11) (in French). *[Le Point](/source/Le_Point)*. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

1. Holleville, Clémence (8 February 2025). ["L’historien Martin Aurell, président du Centre vendéen de recherches historiques, est décédé"](https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/la-roche-sur-yon-85000/lhistorien-martin-aurell-president-du-centre-vendeen-de-recherches-historiques-est-decede-54b34e2a-e643-11ef-9afb-41e1b47a1356) (in French). *[Ouest-France](/source/Ouest-France)*. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

1. Aurell, Martin (May 2011). ["Martin Aurell : la noblesse dans l’Occident médiéval"](https://la-nrh.fr/2011/05/martin-aurell-la-noblesse-dans-loccident-medieval/) (in French). *[La Nouvelle Revue d'Histoire](/source/La_Nouvelle_Revue_d'Histoire)*. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

1. Bonefant, Marc Alain & Aurell, Martin (2013). ["Des Chrétiens contre les croisades (XIIe – XIIIe siècle)"](https://journals.openedition.org/memini/611) (in French). *[Fayard](/source/Fayard)*. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

1. Bona, Dominique (25 January 2025). ["« Aliénor d’Aquitaine » de Martin Aurell, prix de la Biographie du « Point »"](https://www.lepoint.fr/culture/alienor-d-aquitaine-de-martin-aurell-prix-de-la-biographie-du-point-25-01-2025-2580759_3.php) (in French). *Le Point*. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

1. Noé, Jean-Baptiste (8 February 2025). ["Hommage à Martin Aurell"](https://www.revueconflits.com/hommage-a-martin-aurell/) (in French). *Conflits*. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

1. Benkherfallah, Sami (9 February 2025). ["In memoriam : Martin Aurell (1958-2025)"](https://diwan.hypotheses.org/36295) (in French). *Diwan*. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

1. Offenstadt, Nicolas (14 February 2008). ["Martin Aurell : pour la gloire d'Arthur"](https://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2008/02/14/martin-aurell-pour-la-gloire-d-arthur_1011151_3260.html) (in French). *Le Monde*. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

1. ["Des chrétiens contre les croisades"](https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/des-chretiens-contre-les-croisades-1556026) (in French). *[France Culture](/source/France_Culture)*. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

1. Flandrin, Antoine (27 June 2020). ["Biographie. « Aliénor d’Aquitaine », de Martin Aurell : une femme aux horizons multiples"](https://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2020/06/27/biographie-alienor-d-aquitaine-de-martin-aurell-une-femme-aux-horizons-multiples_6044409_3260.html) (in French). *Le Monde*. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

1. de Saint Victor, Jacques (5 May 2021). ["Excalibur, Durendal, Joyeuse, la force de l’épée, de Martin Aurell: la première arme de l’histoire"](https://www.lefigaro.fr/livres/excalibur-durendal-joyeuse-la-force-de-l-epee-de-martin-aurell-la-premiere-arme-de-l-histoire-20210505) (in French). *[Le Figaro](/source/Le_Figaro)*. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

1. de Saint Victor, Jacques (10 May 2023). ["Dix idées reçues sur le Moyen Âge, de Martin Aurell: ces idées fausses sur une période bien obscure"](https://www.lefigaro.fr/livres/dix-idees-recues-sur-le-moyen-age-de-martin-aurell-ces-idees-fausses-sur-une-periode-bien-obscure-20230510) (in French). *Le Figaro*. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

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