Must we divide history into periods?
By: Jacques Le Goff ; translated by M.B. DeBevoise
Contributors: DeBevoise, M. B., translator
Series: European perspectives: a series in social thought and cultural criticism; European perspectives
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780231173001
Subjects: Historiography; Periodization; Geschichtsschreibung; Renaissance; Mittelalter; Periodisierung; History
Work titles: Faut-il vraiment découper l'histoire en tranches?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-148) and index.

Translated from the French
Table of contents: title: Prelude: periodization and the past; title: Early periodizations; title: The late appearance of the Middle Ages; title: History, education, periodization; title: Birth of the Renaissance; title: The Renaissance today; title: The Middle Ages become the Dark Ages; title: A long Middle Ages; title: Conclusion: periodization and globalization.