Bartolomé Bennassar (8 April 1929 – 8 November 2018)[1] was a French historian and writer.

[3] He was a Professor Emeritus at the University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès, specializing in contemporary history of Spain and Latin America, as well as the 16th and 17th centuries.

His wife, Lucile, signed copies of Les Chrétiens d'Allah and Le Voyage en Espagne with him.

[7] Bennassar was awarded the Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise in 1987.

In 1991, he won Prix xviie siècle for Les Christians d'Allah.