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Jan 01, 1924 Toulon, Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur, France Died on 01 Apr 2014 (aged 90)
French historian
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About Jacques Le Goff
- Jacques Le Goff (1 January 1924 – 1 April 2014) was a French historian and prolific author specializing in the Middle Ages, particularly the 12th and 13th centuries.Le Goff championed the Annales School movement, which emphasizes long-term trends over the topics of politics, diplomacy, and war that dominated 19th century historical research.
- From 1972 to 1977, he was the head of the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS).
- He was a leading figure of New History, related to cultural history.
- Le Goff argued that the Middle Ages formed a civilization of its own, distinct from both Classical Antiquity and the modern world.
