[3] He earned his Diplôme nationale de doctorate from the University of Provence in 1994,[4] having also studied history and philology at the École pratique des hautes études.

[8] From 2015 to 2022, he was director of the Centre d'études supérieures de civilisation médiévale [fr].

[9] From 2023 until his death, he was president of the Centre Vendéen de Recherches Historiques [fr].

[12] His 2024 book Aliénor d'Aquitaine, souveraine femme received the Prix de la biographie [fr] from the newspaper Le Point.

[13] Martin Aurell died suddenly from a pulmonary embolism in Nantes, on 8 February 2025, at the age of 66.