Robert Mandrou (; 31 January 1921 – 16 June 1984), was a

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historian, one of the members of the

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and the secretary to its journal ''

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'' ("Annals of economic and social history") . He was also, with

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one of the pioneers of what Annaliste historians in the 1970s and 80's came to call the "

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". Le Roy Ladurie, Emmanuel (1985), Robert Mandrou (1921-1984). ''Annales. Économies, Sociétés, Civilisations''. Vol 40, No. 2, pp. 241-243.

Selected works

* ''Histoire de la civilisation française'' (2 vol. with Georges Duby), Paris,

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, 1958. (published in English as ''A History of French Civilization'',

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, 1964)

Notes and references

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mandrou, Robert 1921 births 1984 deaths Historians of France Place of birth missing 20th-century French historians Theoretical historians French male non-fiction writers Lycée Voltaire (Paris) teachers 20th-century French male writers