Michel Rouche
Michel Rouche (30 May 1934 – 5 December 2021) was a French historian and academic. He specialized in the history of Gaul during the Roman Empire and in the Middle Ages. Biography. Rouche earned an agrégation in history in 1959 and subsequently taught at the in Compiègne. He earned a doctorate in history from Paris-Sorbonne University in 1976 and became a professor at Charles de Gaulle University – Lille III, the Institut Catholique de Paris, and Paris-Sorbonne University. Rouche was heavily focused on the end of ancient history and the establishment of barbaric kingdoms in the Early Middle  Ages, notably the Visigothic Kingdom. He met Pope John Paul II in 1996 in Reims during a celebration in commemoration of the baptism of Clovis I. He also helped to draft the film "Clovis et son temps", directed by Jacques Barsac. Michel Rouche died in Paris on 5 December 2021, at the age of 87.