Medieval feudalism was neither simply a system of oppression... - Marc Bloch

"Medieval feudalism was neither simply a system of oppression nor a harmonious hierarchy, but both and neither."

Marc Bloch

Historian French 1886–1944

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"History is not the past. It is the study of the past."

"The historian's task is to understand men, not to judge them."

"A document is not an inert mass of inert data to be manipulated at will by the historian."

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