Knowra Lucien Febvre Lucien Febvre Lucien Febvre (1878–1956) was a French historian who co-founded the Annales school and promoted the study of societies, mental worlds, and everyday life across long periods.
Marc Bloch : A French medievalist and co-founder of the Annales school who studied comparative history and social structures. Bloch co-founded Annales with Febvre and shared his opposition to narrowly political history.
Annales school : A historical movement associated with the journal Annales that emphasized social structures, interdisciplinary methods, and long-term change. Febvre co-founded the movement that became the institutional home for his approach.
The Problem of Unbelief in the Sixteenth Century : Lucien Febvre’s study arguing that sixteenth-century French thought lacked the concepts needed for modern atheism. This book exemplifies his effort to reconstruct the limits of historical thought.
Annales : A French historical journal founded in 1929 by Marc Bloch and Lucien Febvre. Febvre co-founded and edited the journal that gave the Annales movement its name and platform.
Fernand Braudel : A French historian who developed Annales history through studies of geography, economies, and long-term historical change. Febvre recruited Braudel to the journal and helped secure the publication of his major Mediterranean study.
Historiography : The study of how history is written, interpreted, and debated. Febvre’s work changed historians’ questions, methods, and standards of evidence.
The Rhine : Lucien Febvre’s historical study of the Rhine as a region shaped by geography, politics, and culture. Febvre used a river and its surrounding lands to connect physical geography with human history.
Social history : The study of societies, social relationships, and ordinary people in the past. Febvre helped establish social structures and everyday life as central historical subjects.
Henri Berr : A French philosopher and historian who founded the journal Revue de synthèse in 1900. Berr’s call for a synthetic history helped prepare the intellectual ground for Febvre’s approach.
Historical geography : The study of how places, environments, and spatial relations change through time and shape human societies. Febvre treated geography as a force in history, not merely a setting for events.
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