Philippe Wolff (1913–2001)
Author of The Awakening of Europe
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L'Approvisionnement des villes de l'Europe occidentale: au Moyen âge et aux temps modernes (1985) — Contributor — 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Wolff, Philippe
- Legal name
- Wolff, Philippe
- Birthdate
- 1913-09-02
- Date of death
- 2001-09-13
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- France
- Country (for map)
- France
- Birthplace
- Montmorency, France
- Place of death
- Andorra la Vella
- Education
- Doctorat d'état, Histoire, Thèse 'Commerce et marchands de Toulouse, v. 13 50-v. 14 50',1952
Agrégation d'histoire (1936)
Université de la Sorbonne (Diplôme d'études supérieures ∙ 19 36)
Faculté des Lettres de Rennes
Lycée de Rennes
Lycée Henri IV, Paris - Occupations
- medieval historian
- Relationships
- Higounet, Charles (Ami)
Bloch, Marc (Tuteur)
Power, Eileen (Professeur)
Postan, Michael (Professeur) - Organizations
- University of Toulouse
- Awards and honors
- Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
Officier des Palmes académiques
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- Works
- 20
- Also by
- 3
- Members
- 232
- Popularity
- #97,292
- Rating
- 3.3
- Reviews
- 6
- ISBNs
- 18
- Languages
- 6
This book has much to recommend it. The author provides clear examples, wonderful maps, and simple terminology. He provides a nice overview of the political/historical context for the developments in each of the major languages (Spanish, French, German, Italian, and English). Where there are gaps in knowledge, he states that as opposed to making wild speculations.
On the downside, the actual writing is a bit strange at times. The book was originally written in French, so the strangeness may come from the translation. Another problem is the lack of footnotes to various points. There are 12 footnotes for a 200 page book! And similarly, the lack of references in English at the back of the book. The book also left out some of the Western European languages such as the Celtic languages and Basque.
Overall, I'm glad I read the book and I learned somethings from it, but I really wish it had a more scholarly bent to it with better footnotes and references.… (more)