Complex sentence: Le Roy Ladurie was born in Les Moutiers-en-Cinglais, Calvados, the son of Jacques Le Roy Ladurie, minister of Agriculture for Marshal Philippe Pétain and subsequently a member of the French resistance.
Split into simpler sentences: Le Roy Ladurie was born in Les Moutiers-en-Cinglais, Calvados. His father wasJacques Le Roy Ladurie, minister of Agriculture for Marshal Philippe Pétain and subsequently a member of the French resistance.