Michèle Cointet is a French historian. She is a professor of 20th century history at the University of Poitiers. She is the recipient of two prizes from the Académie française: the Prix François Millepierres for Vichy capitale, 1940-1944 in 1994, and the Prix François Millepierres for L’Église sous Vichy. La repentance en question in 1999.
Biography Born in Poitiers, she holds an Agrégation in history and a Doctorate in literature. She has taught contemporary history at the University of Tours. A specialist in the Vichy France, she won the Prix François-Millepierres for her book L'Église sous Vichy 1940-1945Discours sur les prix littéraires par Pierre Moinot à l'Académie française, décembre 1999. and the Prix Jacques-Chabannes from the Association des écrivains combattants for her Nouvelle Histoire de Vichy.
Cointet is married to historian Jean-Paul Cointet.
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