Fernand Braudel


Region Occupation Born Died
Europe Historian 1902 1985

French historian who wrote The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II( (1949). Gave impetus to the writing of trans-national histories, less given over to immediate events of politics and diplomacy than to long-term and environmentally influenced cultural traditions.

Sources

Robert A. McCaughey

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Fernand Braudel

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Compiler

Peter Richards