Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie
Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929-2023) was a professor at the Collège de France and a member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques. He is the author of numerous books, including Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error ; The Mind and Method of the Historian ; and The Beggar and the Professor , the latter published by the University of Chicago Press.
Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929-2023) was a professor at the Collège de France and a member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques. He is the author of numerous books, including Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error ; The Mind and Method of the Historian ; and The Beggar and the Professor , the latter published by the University of Chicago Press. See less
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Times of feast, times of famine: a history of climate since the year 1000.
Chronology, not history
I am not knowledgeable in the field, just interested. The evidence appeared to be well-marshalled, relevant, and carefully evaluated. But useful generalizations which could help evaluate the ... Read More
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Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error
A disappointment to me, but . . .
I bought this book because it was recommended in another book as the best book about the Cathars (Albigensian heretics of the Pyrenees area). I thought it would explain the belief system of the ... Read More
