The Territory of the Historian - Hardcover

Le Roy Ladurie, Emmanuel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226473279 ISBN 13: 9780226473277

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1979

Synopsis

From inside dust cover flap: Focusing on life in rural societies of France during the modern period (from the end of the Middle Ages to the early 19th century) Le Roy Ladurie uses new sources and ingenious ways. He surveys the wide range of provinces open to quantitative historical investigation by analyzing such diverse historical elements as demography, public health and literacy, climate, and folklore and myth through a variety of engrossing case studies.

About this title

About the Author:

Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie is a French historian whose work is mainly focused upon Languedoc in the Ancien Régime, particularly the history of the peasantry. His landmark book Montaillou - which was published in 1975 to wide acclaim - had a huge impact on historical studies and remains a classic.

Language Notes:

Text: English, French (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0226473279
• ISBN 13: 9780226473277
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 345