History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET June 2014 History
Which one of the following works is an unfinished one of the Annales School of historiography?
AThe Earth and Human Evolution
BThe Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II
CThe Royal Touch
DThe Historian's Craft ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) The Historian's Craft — The Historian's Craft is the unfinished work, so the answer is The Historian's Craft.
Explanation
★The Historian's Craft is the unfinished work, so the answer is The Historian's Craft.
★It was written by Marc Bloch of the Annales School.
★He left it incomplete because of the events of the Second World War.
★Bloch was captured and executed by the Germans in 1944.
★The book reflects deeply on the method and meaning of history.
★It remains a classic statement of the historian's task.
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