Fernand Braudel has been one of the most influential and original historians of the modern era. His work, which spans the entire period from the Middle Ages to the present, has been recognised as a major contribution to modern history and sociology. He is the author of fifteen historical works, including The Structure of Everyday Life: The Limits of the Possible, Civilization and Capitalism: 15th–18th Century, The Perspective of the World: Society and Nature in the Sixteenth Century, and The Perspective of the World: Society and Nature in the Eighteenth Century. He has also written many books on social and economic history, including "The Wheels of Commerce: Civilization and Capitalism 15th–18th Century", "The Identity of France: The Modern Era" (with Alisonatin), "The Economy of Europe in an Age of Crisis", "The Birth of a European Economy: An Economic History of Europe from the Dawn of History to 1815", "The Mediterranean World in Classical Times", and "Europe and Its History".
Civilization is in fact the longest story of all. Civilization can persist through a series of economies.Fernand Braudel
Everything must be recaptured and relocated in the general framework of history, so that despite the difficulties, the fundamental paradoxes and contradictions, we may respect the unity of history which is also the unity of life.Fernand Braudel
