Colette Beaune

Colette Beaune (born 1943 in Chailles, Loire-et-Cher) is a French historian and professor emeritus at the University of Paris X – Nanterre.

She continued her studies at the École normale supérieure and received her agrégation for History in 1966.

Her research is primarily devoted to political history and women of France in the late Middle Ages.

[citation needed] Her books include: Her recent articles are on such topics as royal identity in 15th-century France and medieval women's libraries.

About a year after the filming, respondents found that the documentary was based on the sensational theories advocated by Marcel Gay and Roger Senzig in the book L' Affaire Jeanne d' Arc ;[2] the historians interviewed had been unaware of this when approached to participate in the project.