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Lucien Paul Victor Febvre (/ ˈ f ɛ v r ə / FEV-rə, French: [lysjɛ̃ pɔl viktɔʁ fɛvʁ]; 22 July 1878 – 11 September 1956) was a French historian best known for the role he played in establishing the Annales School of history.
Lucien Paul Victor Febvre was a French historian of the early modern period and organizer of major national and international intellectual projects. In his books and editorial efforts, Febvre embraced a “global” history that rejected all forms of pedantry and determinism.
Lucien Febvre rédige huit livres pour cette collection. S'éloignant d'Henri Berr, avec qui il a des désaccords, Lucien Febvre fonde en 1929 avec Marc Bloch les Annales d'histoire économique et sociale , devenues par la suite les Annales, Économies-Sociétés-Civilisations.
Lucien Febvre’s magisterial study of sixteenth-century religious and intellectual history is a modern classic. Febvre, founder with Marc Bloch of the journal Annales, was one of France’s leading historians. This book, written late in his career, is regarded as his masterpiece.
Lucien Febvre (1878-1956) was born in Nancy, the capital of Lorraine, where his father was, at that time, teaching at the university. Both his father and his mother, however, came from Franche-Comté, and it was to this province that Febvre was deeply attached.
Lucien Febvre and Marc Bloch: The Creation of the Annales by George Huppert IN HIS INAUGURAL LECTURE at the Coll&ge de France in 1933, the historian Lucien Febvre insisted that he did not want to be thought of as the founder of a school. His disciples deny that there is an Annales school, but the journal Annales,
FEBVRE, LUCIEN (1878–1956) BIBLIOGRAPHY. French historian. The historian Lucien Febvre left his intellectual imprint on both historiography and the French intellectual world of his time. Born into a Burgundian family in Nancy, he always remained strongly attached to his regional origins, even though he spent most of his life in Paris.
