Guy Bois
French historian and political activist
About Guy Bois
Lived 1934 – 2019 (aged 84). Guy Bois was a French historian, political activist and university teacher.
Guy Bois (25 December 1934 – 8 June 2019) was a French Marxist historian. He was noted for his contributions to the history of feudalism and the feudal revolution, 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), (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), [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), ) 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), , 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), Bois, Guy, Une nouvelle servitude: essai sur la mondialisation (François-Xavier de Guibert, 2003),
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Who was Guy Bois?
French historian and political activist (1934-2019)
When was Guy Bois born?
Guy Bois was born on 25 December 1934 in Fez.
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Guy Bois died on 8 June 2019 in Antony.
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Guy Bois was a historian, political activist and university teacher.
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Guy Bois was French.
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