Robert Mandrou
Encyclopedia
Robert Mandrou was a French
historian, one of the members of the Annales School
and the secretary to its journal Annales d'Histoire Economique et Sociale ("Annals of economic and social history") . He was also, with Georges Duby
one of the pioneers of what Annaliste historians in the 1970s and 80's came to call the "history of mentalities
".
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
historian, one of the members of the Annales School
Annales School
The Annales School is a group of historians associated with a style of historiography developed by French historians in the 20th century. It is named after its scholarly journal Annales d'histoire économique et sociale, which remains the main source of scholarship, along with many books and...
and the secretary to its journal Annales d'Histoire Economique et Sociale ("Annals of economic and social history") . He was also, with Georges Duby
Georges Duby
Georges Duby was a French historian specializing in the social and economic history of the Middle Ages...
one of the pioneers of what Annaliste historians in the 1970s and 80's came to call the "history of mentalities
History of mentalities
The term history of mentalities is a calque on the French histoire des mentalités , a term referring to the manner of doing history associated with the Annales School.The history of mentalities focuses not on the wars and politics which have been the subject matter of most...
".
Selected works
- Histoire de la civilisation française (2 vol. with Georges Duby), Paris, Armand Colin, 1958. (published in English as A History of French Civilization, Random House, 1964)