Jacques Le Goff (1924–)

Daileader, Philip (editor) / Whalen, Philip (editor) / Rollo‐Koster, Joëlle (author)

French Historians 1900–2000 ; 371-393

2010-04-09

23 pages

9781405198677 , 9781444323658

https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444323658.ch25

Article/Chapter (Book)

Electronic Resource

English

raising academics and intellectuals to level of mass‐media stars ‐ characteristic of French culture , Jacques Le Goff ‐ leader of the Annales school , Le Goff's defining characteristics ‐ passion for and open engagement with history , Jacques Le Goff, world ‐ renowned medieval historian , Annales school, movement of French historians ‐ taking its name from the French historical journal , La Naissance du purgatoire ‐ The Birth of Purgatory , Hypokhâgne and Khâgne ‐ preparatory schools for institutions of higher learning