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Marc Bloch

French historian and co-founder of the Annales School

Generations of post-war French historians held Bloch in high regard because of his historical work and his death as a Resistance member.[1]

Quick Facts

Birth name
Marc Léopold Benjamin Bloch
Born
6 July 1886
Birthplace
Lyon, French Third Republic
Died
16 June 1944
Place of death
Saint-Didier-de-Formans, Vichy France
Cause of death
Summary execution by machine gun
Resting place
Le Bourg-d'Hem; Panthéon (cenotaph) since 2026-6-23
Education
Lycée Louis-le-Grand

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

Bloch was educated at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand and the École normale supérieure, graduating in 1908 with degrees in geography and history.[2][3] Bloch was appointed to a chair in economic history at the Sorbonne in 1936.[4] He was arrested by the Gestapo on 8 March 1944, tortured, and executed on 16 June 1944.[5][6][7] At age 53, during the Second World War, Bloch was mobilised and participated in the Battle of Dunkirk.[8][9]

What the cited sources add

Bloch's biographer Katherine Stirling ascribed significance to the era of the French Third Republic in which Bloch was born.[10] The Polish social historian Bronisław Geremek suggests that Bloch's 1941 will hints that he foresaw his death.[11] According to historian Daniel Hochedez, Bloch understood his wartime function as both a "witness and narrator".[12] Rees Davies, a historian, observes that Bloch performed his military service with "considerable distinction".[12]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Marc Bloch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Weber 1991, p. 244 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Marc Bloch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Friedman 1996, p. 7; Fink 1989, p. 8; Stirling 2007, p. 527; Fink 1989, p. 8; Stirling 2007, p. 527; Friedman 1996, p. 7; Schöttler 2010, p. 415; Lyon 1987, p. 198; Stirling 2007, p. 527; Stirling 2007, p. 527; Fink 1989, p. 8 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Marc Bloch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Friedman 1996, p. 7; Davies 1967, p. 267; Davies 1967, p. 267; Baulig 1945, p. 5; Davies 1967, p. 267; Fink 1989, p. 8; Fink 1989, p. 8; Davies 1967, p. 267; Lyon 1987, p. 198; Davies 1967, p. 267; Schöttler 2010, p. 415; Fink 1989, p. 8; Davies 1967, p. 267; Lyon 1985, p. 183; Hughes 2002, p. 127; Fink 1989, p. 8 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Marc Bloch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Loyn 1999, p. 162; Weber 1991, p. 244; Stirling 2007, p. 527; Davies 1967, p. 267; Fink 1995, p. 205; Weber 1991, p. 244 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Marc Bloch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Schöttler 2022, p. 5; Fink 1989, p. 8; Weber 1991, p. 244; Freire 2015, p. 170 n. 60; Fink 1989, p. 8; Fink 1989, p. 8; Bloch 1997; Schöttler 2022, p. 5; Weber 1991, p. 244; Fink 1989, p. 8; Fink 1989, p. 8; Fink 1989, p. 8; Schöttler 2022, p. 5; Fink 1989, p. 8; Fink 1989, p. 8; Fink 1989, p. 8; Weber 1991, p. 244; Fink 1989, p. 8; Schöttler 2022, p. 5; Fink 1989, p. 8; Schöttler 2022, p. 5 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Marc Bloch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Dosse 1994, p. 107; Schöttler 2022, p. 5; Fink 1989, p. 8; Schöttler 2022, p. 5; Weber 1991, p. 244; Fink 1995, p. 205; Schöttler 2022, p. 5 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Marc Bloch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Fink 1995, p. 205; Weber 1991, p. 244; Fink 1995, p. 205; Fink 1995, p. 205; Schöttler 2022, p. 5; Fink 1989, p. 8; Schöttler 2022, p. 5; Dosse 1994, p. 107; Fink 1995, p. 205; Stirling 2007, p. 527; Weber 1991, p. 244; Fink 1995, p. 205; Fink 1989, p. 8; Burguière 2009, p. 38; Fink 1989, p. 8; Schöttler 2022, p. 5; Fink 1989, p. 8; Fink 1989, p. 8 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Marc Bloch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Fink 1998, p. 41; Fink 1998, p. 41; Fink 1998, p. 41; Fink 1998, p. 41; Stirling 2007, p. 527; Lyon 1985, p. 183; Fink 1998, p. 41; Fink 1998, p. 41; Fink 1998, p. 41 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Marc Bloch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Fink 1995, p. 205; Fink 1998, p. 41; Bloch 1949, p. 23; Weber 1991, p. 244; Kaye 2001, p. 97; Fink 1995, p. 205; Kaye 2001, p. 97 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Marc Bloch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Stirling 2007, p. 527 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Marc Bloch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Fink 1995, p. 205; Loyn 1999, p. 162; Geremek 1986, p. 1103; Geremek 1986, p. 1103 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Wikipedia, "Marc Bloch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hochedez 2012, p. 62; Davies 1967, p. 267; Davies 1967, p. 267 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org

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