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Lucien Febvre was a French historian who helped establish the Annales approach to history. In 1929 he co-founded the journal Annales d'histoire économique et sociale with Marc Bloch, promoting research that connected political events with geography, economics, social structures, and systems of belief. Febvre also helped develop the study of mentalités, or collective ways of thinking, and encouraged historians to work across disciplinary boundaries.
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What did Lucien Febvre found with Marc Bloch?
In 1929, Febvre and Marc Bloch founded the journal Annales d'histoire économique et sociale. The journal became the institutional foundation of what is now called the Annales School.
What changed with the Annales School?
The Annales historians expanded historical research beyond kings, wars, and diplomatic events. They studied social structures, geography, economics, religion, mentalities, and the daily lives of ordinary people.
What does histoire des mentalités mean in Febvre's work?
It refers to the study of collective ways of thinking, feeling, imagining, and understanding the world in a particular society. Febvre used this approach to connect intellectual history with social and cultural experience.
Who continued the Annales tradition after Lucien Febvre?
Fernand Braudel became one of the most influential later Annales historians and developed large-scale studies of geography, economies, and long-term historical change. Febvre also helped establish institutional structures that later contributed to the development of EHESS.
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