Bloch was a modernist in his historiographical approach, and repeatedly emphasised the importance of a multidisciplinary engagement towards history, particularly blending his research with that on geography, sociology and economics, which was his subject when he was offered a post at the University of Paris in 1936.ĭuring the Second World War Bloch volunteered for service, and was a logistician during the Phoney War. Together they founded the Annales School and began publishing the journal Annales d'histoire économique et sociale in 1929. There, he formed an intellectual partnership with modern historian Lucien Febvre. After the war, he was awarded his doctorate in 1918 and became a lecturer at the University of Strasbourg. During the First World War, he served in the French Army and fought at the First Battle of the Marne and the Somme. Bloch was educated at various Parisian lycées and the École Normale Supérieure, and from an early age was affected by the anti-semitism of the Dreyfus affair. As an academic, he worked at the University of Strasbourg (1920 to 1936), the University of Paris (1936 to 1939), and the University of Montpellier (1941 to 1944).īorn in Lyon to an Alsatian Jewish family, Bloch was raised in Paris, where his father-the classical historian Gustave Bloch-worked at Sorbonne University. A founding member of the Annales School of French social history, he specialised in medieval history and published widely on Medieval France over the course of his career. BornĖ July 1886 Lyon, France Diedđ6 June 1944 (aged 57) Saint-Didier-de-Formans, France Cause of deathĞxecution by firing squad Resting placeğougères Education Lycée Louis-le-Grand Alma mater École Normale Supérieure Occupation Historian Spouse(s) Simonne Vidal ChildrenĚlice and Étienne Marc Léopold Benjamin Bloch (/blɒk/ French: 6 July 1886 – 16 June 1944) was a French historian.
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