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Jaume Aurell is Professor of Medieval History at the Department of History at the University of Navarra.
""Although certain works of history are often described as 'classics', Aurell is the first scholar to offer a serious discussion of the criteria for such a description. His book is indispensable."" Peter Burke, University of Cambridge ""Jaume Aurell's obviously subjective, but well-founded choice to present thirty works representative of all the world's historical cultures is an excellent demonstration that historical writing feeds on its own memory: even if the questions posed to the past and the methods used to resolve them are evolving at a rapid pace, historians mustn't be amnesiac!"" Jean-Claude Schmitt, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris ""Global in reach, spanning twenty-five centuries, Aurell's incisive essays provide a brilliant introduction to the historian's craft as well as to the philosophy of history. Blending narrative and analysis seamlessly, Aurell makes each of his thirty historians come alive."" Carlos Eire, Yale University
