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Jacques Le Goff

Born

in Toulon, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

January 01, 1924

Died

April 01, 2014

Genre

History, Biography

Influences

Annales School

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A prolific medievalist of international renown, Le Goff is sometimes considered the principal heir and continuator of the movement known as Annales School (École des Annales), founded by his intellectual mentor Marc Bloch. Le Goff succeeded Fernand Braudel in 1972 at the head of the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) and was succeeded by François Furet in 1977. Along with Pierre Nora, he was one of the leading figure of New History (Nouvelle histoire) in the 1970s.

Since then, he has dedicated himself to studies on the historical anthropology of Western Europe during medieval times. He is well-known for contesting the very name of "Middle Ages" and its chronology, highlighting achievements of this period and variations insi ...more

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	Medieval Civilization 400-1500 4.16 avg rating — 1,189 ratings — published 1964 — 76 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Intellectuals in the Middle Ages 4.03 avg rating — 765 ratings — published 1957 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Edad Media explicada a los jóvenes 3.42 avg rating — 643 ratings — published 1996 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Birth of Europe 3.88 avg rating — 488 ratings — published 2003 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Your Money or Your Life: Economy and Religion in the Middle Ages by Jacques Le Goff, Patricia Ranum (Translator) 3.83 avg rating — 398 ratings — published 1986 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Must We Divide History Into Periods? by Jacques Le Goff, Malcolm DeBevoise (Translator) 3.93 avg rating — 383 ratings — published 2014 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Birth of Purgatory by Jacques Le Goff, Arthur Goldhammer (Goodreads Author) (Translation) 3.95 avg rating — 360 ratings — published 1981 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'uomo medievale 3.73 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 1987 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Una Historia Del Cuerpo En La Edad Media by Jacques Le Goff, Nicolas Truong, Josep Maria Pinto (Translator) 3.94 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 2003 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Medieval Imagination by Jacques Le Goff, Arthur Goldhammer (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.96 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 1985 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Jacques Le Goff (?)

“Historical reality has two sides. One is made up of facts, events, material realities, and one of the ideas, images and dreams.”
― Jacques Le Goff, The Medieval Imagination

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“Si l'on se contentait de l'écouter il semblait admirable, mais si on le questionnait, il se révélait nul.
De loin son arbre tout feuillu attirait les yeux mais quand on le regardait de plus près et avec plus de soin, on s'apercevait qu'il n'y avait point de fruit.
Abélard critiquant Anselme de Cantorbéry.”
― Jacques Le Goff, Intellectuals in the Middle Ages

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“Periodizar a história é um ato complexo, carregado ao mesmo tempo de subjetividade e de esforço para produzir um resultado aceitável para o maior número de pessoas”
― Jacques Le Goff, Must We Divide History Into Periods?

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