Natalie Zemon Davis
Natalie Zemon Davis, (November 8, 1928 – October 21, 2023) was an American-Canadian historian of the
early modern period. She was the
Henry Charles Lea Professor of History at
Princeton University. Her work originally focused on France, but it later broadened to include other parts of Europe, North America, and the
Caribbean. For example, her book, ''Trickster Travels'' (2006), views Italy, Spain,
Morocco and other parts of North Africa and West Africa through the lens of
Leo Africanus's pioneering
geography. (By 2023, the text had appeared in six translations.) Davis' books have all been translated into other languages: twenty-two for ''The Return of
Martin Guerre.'' She was the second female president of the
American Historical Association (the first,
Nellie Neilson, was in 1943).
Davis was awarded the
Holberg International Memorial Prize and
National Humanities Medal and was named Companion of the
Order of Canada.
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