Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (born 1929) is a noted French historian whose work is focused upon Languedoc in the ancien regime focusing on the history of the peasantry. He is currently a professor at the Collège de France. He is a noted pioneer in the fields of history from below and microhistory. His most noted work is Montaillou, village occitan, a study of the village of Montiallou in the south of France is the age of the Cathar heresy. He uses the meticulous notes of a member of the inquisition to develop a multi-layered study of life in a small French village over the course of several years.

Works

• Les Paysans de Languedoc - 1966
• Histoire du Climat depuis l'An Mil
• Montaillou, village occitan, 1975, ISBN 0394729641 (English), ISBN 2070323285 (French)
• Le Territoire, de l'Historien Vol. 1 - 1973
• Le Territoire, de l'Historien Vol. 2 - 1978
• Le Carnaval de Romans, 1579-1580 - 1980
• L'Etat royal - 1987
• L'Ancien Regime - 1991
• Le Siècle de Platter - 1995
• Saint-Simon, le systeme de la Cour - 1997