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Marc Bloch

Born

in Lyon, France

July 06, 1886

Died

June 16, 1944

Genre

History

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Marc Léopold Benjamin Bloch (6 July 1886 in Lyon – 16 June 1944 in Saint-Didier-de-Formans) was a medieval historian, University Professor and French Army officer. Bloch was a founder of the Annales School, best known for his pioneering studies French Rural History and Feudal Society and his posthumously-published unfinished meditation on the writing of history, The Historian's Craft. He was captured and shot by the Gestapo during the German occupation of France for his work in the French Resistance. ...more

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	The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of Those Who Write It. by Marc Bloch, Peter Putnam (Translator), Joseph R. Strayer (Introduction) 4.09 avg rating — 2,964 ratings — published 1949 — 134 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
	Strange Defeat 3.99 avg rating — 1,071 ratings — published 1946 — 192 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
	Feudal Society, Volume 1 by Marc Bloch, L.A. Manyon (Translator) 4.11 avg rating — 911 ratings — published 1964 — 34 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
	Feudal Society, Volume 2: Social Classes and Political Organization by Marc Bloch, L.A. Manyon (Translator) 4.17 avg rating — 427 ratings — published 1939 — 33 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
	I re taumaturghi by Marc Bloch, Jacques Le Goff (Foreword), Lucien Febvre (Contributor) 4.30 avg rating — 382 ratings — published 1924 — 53 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
	Feudal Society 4.26 avg rating — 337 ratings — published 1939 — 102 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 guerra e le false notizie. Ricordi (1914-1915) e riflessioni (1921) by Marc Bloch, Gregorio De Paola (Translator), Maurice Aymard (Contributor) 3.94 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 1980 — 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
	French Rural History: An Essay on its Basic Characteristics by Marc Bloch, Janet Sondheimer (Translator) 4.01 avg rating — 67 ratings — 31 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
	Lavoro e tecnica nel Medioevo by Marc Bloch, Giuliano Procacci (Translator), Gino Luzzatto (Contributor) 3.69 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1959 — 23 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
	Che cosa chiedere alla storia? 3.77 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2014 — 4 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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Feudal Society (2 books)
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“But history is neither watchmaking nor cabinet construction. It is an endeavor toward better understanding.”
― Marc Bloch

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“Let us guard against stripping our science of its share of poetry.”
― Marc Bloch, The Historian's Craft

tags: academia, history, writing, writing-history

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“The very names we use to describe ancient ideas or vanished forms of social organization would be quite meaningless if we had not known living men.”
― Marc Bloch, The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of Those Who Write It.

tags: history

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