Louis Pérouas (9 September 1923, in
Rennes – February 2011, in
Limoges) was a French historian, a specialist in the history of the French
Catholic Church.
Ordained a priest in 1949, he became a missionary of the Society of Mary. He pursued postgraduate studies in history at the
University of Lille and joined the
CNRS in 1962 as a researcher and then research director working in Limoges in connection with the Department of History of the
University of Limoges.
Main works and publications
1964: Le diocèse de La Rochelle de 1648 à 1724, sociologie et pastorale, SEVPEN, 532 pages
1985: Refus d'une religion, religion d'un refus, en Limousin rural, 1880-1940, Éd de l'École des hautes études en sciences sociales
1988: La Révolution française, une rupture dans le christianisme ?, le cas du Limousin, 1775-1822, Éd Les Monédières