LOT, FERDINAND

born Sept. 20, 1866, Paris died July 20, 1952, near Paris French historian of the early Middle Ages and the later Roman Empire. He is best known for his important monographs on the transition from Roman to medieval civilization. Lot taught at the cole Pratique des Hautes tudes (1900), later becoming professor at the University of Paris (1909). His work on the diplomatic and narrative texts of the high Middle Ages appeared as tudes sur le rgne de Hughues Capet et la fin du Xe sicle (1904; Studies on the Reign of Hugh Capet and the End of the 10th Century). He also wrote Les Invasions barbares et le peuplement de l'Europe (1937; The Barbaric Invasions and the Populating of Europe); L'Art Militaire et les armes du Moyen ge (1946; Military Art and the Armies of the Middle Ages); and many other works on medieval philology, demography, and Romanesque literature. He received many honours, including membership in the Acadmie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and the Legion of Honour.