georges duby

Georges Duby (October 7, 1919 - December 3, 1996) was a French historian specializing in the Middle Ages. He was most particularly a specialist in the 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries in western Europe. He was associated with the cole des Annales, founded in 1929 by Marc Bloch and Lucien Febvre and with which Fernand Braudel was also associated. Duby came from a family of artisans. He obtained l'agrgation de lettres in 1942 and began his career as a teacher. In 1970 he was elected to the Collge de France and in 1987 he entered the Acadmie franaise.

Works

The Sunday of Bouvines (1973) (Translated in English as The Legend of Bouvines (1990) ISBN 0520062388)
The Year 1000 (1974).
The Age of the Cathedrals (1976).
The Three Orders: Feudal Society Imagined (1978).
The Knight, The Lady, and the Priest (1981).
William Marshal: The Flower of Chivalry (1984).

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