“History is, in its essentials, the science of change. It knows and it teaches that it is impossible to find two events that are ever exactly alike, because the conditions from which they spring are never identical.”
Quote by Marc Bloch
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Marc Bloch
Marc Bloch, a French historian, was born on July 6, 1886, and died on June 16, 1944. He is one of the founders of the Annales School and is renowned for his in-depth research on the social and economic history of medieval Europe. more
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