Claude Lecouteux

Claude Lecouteux, born 8 February 1943 is a French historian of the Middle Ages. He is Professor emeritus at the Sorbonne (Paris IV), chair of German civilization and Literature of the Middle Ages.

Lecouteux has taught at the University of Caen, where he had the chair of Germanic languages and literatures. He is Director of the Review La grande Oreille, arts de l’oralité. His research thematics are:

• Popular believes of the Middle Age
• The death and the deads
• Myths, tales and legends
• Magic in the Middle Ages
• Supernatural beings

Select bibliography

• The Melusinian Motiv in German mediaeval Literature (doctoral thesis, 1980)

In English (translations by Jon Graham) :

• Phantom armies of the Night. The Wild Hunt and Ghostly Processions of the Undead : Inner Traditions. Rochester (Vermont), Toronto, Canada , 2011.
• The Secret History of Vampires. Their Multiple Forms and Hidden Purposes  : Inner Traditions Rochester (Vermont), Toronto, Canada , 2010.
• The Return of the Dead: Ghosts, Ancestors, and the Transparent Veil of the Pagan Mind Inner Traditions Rochester (Vermont), Toronto, Canada , 2009.
• Witches, Werewolves, and Fairies: Shapeshifters and Astral Doubles in the Middle Ages : Inner Traditions Rochester (Vermont), Toronto (Canada), 2003.

References

• Interview with Claude Lecouteux