Fernand Braudel

Fernand Braudel
Born
Fernand Paul Achille Braudel

(1902-08-24)24 August 1902
Luméville-en-Ornois, France
Died27 November 1985(1985-11-27) (aged 83)
Cluses, France
OccupationHistorian
Spouses
  • Paulette Valier
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1927; div. 1933)​
  • Paule Pradel
    ​
    (m. 1933)​
Children2
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Paris
ThesisLa Méditerranée et le Monde méditerranéen à l'époque de Philippe II (1947)
Doctoral advisorGeorges Pagès [fr][1],
Roger Dion [fr]
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Algiers (1924–1932), Lycée Pasteur (Neuilly-sur-Seine), Lycée Condorcet and Lycée Henri-IV (1932–1935), University of São Paulo (1935–1937), École pratique des hautes études (1937–1939, 1945–1968)
Notable studentsFrançois Furet

Fernand Paul Achille Braudel (French: [fɛʁnɑ̃ bʁodɛl]; 24 August 1902 – 27 November 1985) was a French historian. His scholarship focused on three main projects: The Mediterranean (1923–49, then 1949–66), Civilization and Capitalism (1955–79), and the unfinished Identity of France (1970–85). He was a member of the Annales School of French historiography and social history in the 1950s and 1960s.

Plaque Fernand Braudel, 59 rue Brillat-Savarin, Paris 13

Braudel emphasized the role of large-scale socioeconomic factors in the making and writing of history.[2] He is considered a precursor of the world-systems theory.[3] In a 2011 poll by History Today magazine, he was named the most important historian of the previous 60 years.[4]

  1. ^ Daix 1995, p. 75.
  2. ^ i.e. Fernand Braudel, "The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II" (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996)
  3. ^ Caves, R. W. (2004). Encyclopedia of the City. Routledge. p. 54.
  4. ^ "Top Historians: The Results". History Today. Retrieved 3 July 2024.