Genealogy was not merely personal history but a claim to ter... - Jacques Le Goff

"Genealogy was not merely personal history but a claim to territory, power, and divine favor."

Jacques Le Goff Family

Historian French 1924–2014

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"The Middle Ages was not a dark age, but an age of light transformed into different forms."

"Time is a social construction, not a natural phenomenon."

"Memory is the treasure and the steward of all things."

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."

"A man's home is his castle."

"Family is everything to me."

"Life's greatest treasure is the love of family."

"A woman's place is in the home... making it a happy one."