Michel Parisse — a French historian who specialized in medieval studies died on 5 April 2020 at the age of 83 due to COVID-19.
He was a professor emeritus at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne.
Parisse earned his agrégation in history in 1959. He earned two doctoral degrees, with the first coming in 1966. His thesis was titled Actes des évêques de Metz (1120-1179). His second doctoral degree came in 1975, with the thesis La noblesse lorraine (xie – xiiie siècle). He was a professor at Nancy 2 University from 1965 to 1993. He was the Director of ARTEM from 1983 to 1993, which conducted research on medieval texts and their meanings. He directed the French Historical Mission in Germany from 1985 to 1991, and then worked as a professor of medieval history at Panthéon-Sorbonne from 1993 to 2002.