Description: (Historian)
Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie was a renowned French historian celebrated for his specialization in the history of the peasantry in Languedoc during the Ancien Régime. He was a key figure in the Annales school's third generation and received acclaim for his significant contributions to social history. Widely recognized as a leading authority in his field, Le Roy Ladurie was lauded as a trailblazer in historical research and earned the moniker "rock star of the medievalists" for his influential work.