L’Ecole française d'histoire des relations internationales

Abstract

The “French School” of History of International Relations was founded
by Professor P. Renouvin, in Sorbonne, at the beginning of the Fifties. This
well-known historian realized a synthesis between three main currents in
French History: the old diplomatic History, the so-called “Histoire des Annales”,
and the French Marxist Economic History. Under the influence of J.-
B. Duroselle, his successor at the Sorbonne, another field of research—the
decision-making process—broadened the topics considered before by these
historians. One might say today that this type of history is a global one, summarizing
investigation made by many other historians.