Fernand Braudel
French historian and leader of the Annales School
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French historian who rewrote how people think about the past by zooming out to centuries-long patterns instead of individual events. His three-volume Civilization and Capitalism (1955–79) became the template for grand historical thinking.
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Fernand Paul Achille Braudel was a French historian. His scholarship focused on three main projects: The Mediterranean, 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.
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