death_date death_place birth_place nationality field birth_date image article_title name occupation alma_mater
1 april 2014 paris , france toulon , france french historian 1 january 1924 jacues le goff.jpg jacques le goff
 jacques le goff historian , medievalist École normale supérieure
jacques le goff

jacques le goff -lrb- 1 january 1924 -- 1 april 2014 -rrb- was a french historian and prolific author specializing in the middle ages , particularly the 12th and 13th centuries .
le goff championed the annales school movement , which emphasizes long-term trends over the topics of politics , diplomacy , and war that dominated 19th century historical research .
from 1972 to 1977 , he was the head of the École des hautes études en sciences sociales -lrb- ehess -rrb- .
he was a leading figure of new history , related to cultural history .
le goff argued that the middle ages formed a civilization of its own , distinct from both the greco-roman antiquity and the modern world .
