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“When it is a question of ascertaining whether or not some human act has really taken place, [historians] cannot be too painstaking. If they proceed to the reasons for that act, they are content with the merest appearance, ordinarily founded upon one of those maxims of common-place psychology which are neither more nor less true than their opposites.”

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Marc Bloch
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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