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Jacques Le Goff
- Born
- Jan 1, 1924 · Aged 90
- Died
- Apr 1, 2014
- Place of birth
- Toulon, Var, France
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 3
- TV credits
- 1
Biography
Jacques Le Goff (French pronunciation: [ʒak lə ɡɔf]; 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 School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) in Paris. He was a leading figure of New History, related to cultural history. Le Goff argued that the Middle Ages…
