| 1 | Name: | Dr. Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie | |
| Institution: | Collège de France & Bibliothèque Nationale | ||
| Year Elected: | 1979 | ||
| Class: | 4. Humanities | ||
| Subdivision: | 404a | ||
| Residency: | International | ||
| Living? : | Deceased | ||
| Birth Date: | 1929 | ||
| Death Date: | November 22, 2023 | ||
French historian Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie is a leading authority on the history of peasantry, specifically in the region of Languedoc in the ancien regime. Credited with founding the "nouvelle histoire" (new history) movement, he has been a pioneer in the fields of history from below and microhistory. Dr. Ladurie is well known for works such as Les Paysans de Languedoc (1966); Histoire du Climat (1967), in which he focused on the impact of climate changes on human history; and Montaillou, village occitan de 1294 a 1324 (1975). The latter work, a study of a village in the south of France in the age of the Cathar heresy, uses meticulous notes of a member of the inquisition to develop a multi-layered study of life in a small French village over the course of several years. Dr. Ladurie served as professor, historian and chair of history of modern civilization at the College de France from 1973-99. He has also served as General Administrator of the Bibliothèque Nationale and currently holds the title of Professor Emeritus at the Collège de France. | |||