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French Marxist historian (1934-2019)
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Guy Bois (25 December 1934 – 8 June 2019) was a French Marxist historian. He was noted for his contributions to the history of feudalism, which have been widely translated.

Biography

Bois was professor of medieval history at the Université de Paris-I (in 1989) and the Université de Franche-Comté (in 1990), and president of the Société d'étude du féodalisme (also in 1990). He died on 8 June 2019, aged 84.

Works

  • Bois, Guy, The Crisis of Feudalism: Economy and Society in Eastern Normandy c.1300-1550 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; Paris: Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, 1984), ISBN 0521254833 (trans. from Crise du féodalisme, Références (Presses de la Fondation nationale des sciences politiques), 2 (Paris: Presses de la Fondation nationale des sciences politiques, 1981), ISBN 2724604539 [first edn. Crise du féodalisme: économie rurale et démographie en Normandie orientale du début du 14e siècle au milieu du 16e siècle, Cahiers de la Fondation nationale des sciences politiques, 202 (Paris: Presses de la Fondation nationale des sciences politiques, 1976), ISBN 2724603656)
  • Bois, Guy, The Transformation of the Year One Thousand: The Village of Lournand from Antiquity to Feudalism, trans. by Jean Birrell (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1992), ISBN 0719035651, 071903566X (pbk) (trans. from La mutation de l'an mil. Lournand, village mâconnais de l'Antiquité au féodalisme (París, Fayard, 1989))
  • Bois, Guy, La grande dépression médiévale: XIVe-XVe siècles: le précédent d'une crise systémique (Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2000), ISBN 2130508979
  • Bois, Guy, Une nouvelle servitude: essai sur la mondialisation (François-Xavier de Guibert, 2003), ISBN 978-2-86839-839-0

References

  1. "Guy Bois". Data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
  2. "Guy Bois, historien spécialiste de la période médiévale, est mort" (in French). 2019-06-17. Retrieved 2019-06-25.


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