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“The special study which, in the course of my researches, I have made of the life of the countryside has convinced me that we can truly understand the past only if we read it by the light of the present.”

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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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