Alsatian Jewish man, French historian, member of the Resistance during WWII
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A veteran from WWI, an author of some of the most influential history books of the 20th century
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His Feudal Society is one of the best books I've ever read. In English, it's published in two vols.
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His other works, such as that of the Magic Touch of kings in medieval France and Germany and French Rural History, were groundbreaking too
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His book, The Historian's Craft, was unfinished at his death but it is an amazing contribution to historiography.
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He founded the Annales School of history, the first true approach to history that focussed on groups rather than singular "great men."
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The Annales school has been massively influential for myself, personally, as it is the study of collective mentalities of groups.
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He was big on comparative history and interdisciplinary studies.
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Medieval history was changed in so many ways by his work, and we are in his debt.
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Whenever I see racist historians I just want to shove copies of Feudal Society down their throats.
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