Marc Bloch
Marc Bloch · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Profiled in Thinkers of the 20th Century
1886, Lyon, France — 1944, Saint-Didier-de-Formans, France
France
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Bloch was a pioneering French historian who co-founded the Annales School, transforming history into the study of societies, mentalities and economies over the long term. Born into a Jewish family, he was Jewish; he joined the French Resistance and was executed by the Gestapo in 1944. His book The Historian's Craft remains a classic of historical method.
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