Category Archives: Marc Bloch

The Selected Writings of Marc Bloch: Essays from the Annales School, 1914-1944 – ed. and trans. Iona Singh, Bloomsbury, August 2026

The Selected Writings of Marc Bloch: Essays from the Annales School, 1914-1944 – ed. and trans. Iona Singh, Bloomsbury, August 2026 This book brings a selection of the influential writings of Marc Bloch into the English language, largely for the … Continue reading

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Jean-David Morvan, Suzette Bloch and Laurent Bidot, Marc Bloch: L’historien combattant – La vie et l’œuvre de Marc Bloch en BD, Tallandier, June 2026

Jean-David Morvan and Suzette Bloch, Marc Bloch: L’historien combattant – La vie et l’œuvre de Marc Bloch en BD, Tallandier, June 2026 « Marc Bloch était mon grand-père. Un homme exceptionnel, un savant, un républicain et un patriote acharné dont l’engagement … Continue reading

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Peter Schöttler, Marc Bloch, une biographie intellectuelle – Gallimard, May 2026

Peter Schöttler, Marc Bloch, une biographie intellectuelle – Gallimard, May 2026 Spécialiste du Moyen Âge européen, fondateur des Annales d’histoire économique et sociale — une revue devenue le porte-étendard du renouveau de la pratique historienne au XXᵉ siècle —, combattant de la … Continue reading

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Fernand Braudel and the Writing and Teaching of History in Captivity

In a previous pieces in this series I’ve discussed Étienne Wolff’s work on the biology of monsters, some of which was written during his time in Oflag XVII-A during the Second World War. (An Oflag was a Offizierslager – a German camp for Allied … Continue reading

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