In 2019, les Cours de civilisation française de la Sorbonne celebrate their first centenary. Events, unpublished documents, archives, testimonies ... every week, find us on this page to follow the news of this anniversary.

Gregory of Tours: the eyewitness to the birth of France
How does a nation’s story begin? For France, the answer lies in a period of profound chaos and transformation: the Early Middle Ages. As the Western Roman Empire crumbled, new peoples and powers rose to take its place. It was a murky, violent, and formative era. Without a guide, this crucial chapter of history would be lost to us. Fortunately,




