He led a movement that rejected historiography’s traditional emphasis on great events and leaders in favor of mining the “mental universe” of peasants, merchants and clergymen.
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Author : Jonathan Kandell
Publish date : 2023-11-23 20:55:47
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Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Who Looked at History From the Bottom Up, Dies at 94
