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Marc Bloch (1886-1944) was a French historian and medievalist who is considered one of the founders of the Annales school of historiography. He is best known for his work on feudalism and rural society in the Middle Ages. Bloch was a committed socialist and anti-fascist, and his work was often influenced by his political beliefs. He was arrested by the Gestapo in 1944 and died in a Nazi concentration camp.