By definition a historian must be curious; that is what mak… - John Elliott

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By definition a historian must be curious; that is what makes us look into the heart of societies. I think that I was surprised by the relative ease with which Spain moved from dictatorship to democracy after the death of Franco. But thinking about the impact of civil wars on societies I have reached the conclusion that the generation that grows up after a civil war has such terrible memories of what happened that it does everything possible to prevent a repetition in the future.

John Elliott

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About John Elliott

(23 June 1930 – 10 March 2022) was a British historian and Hispanist who was Regius Professor Emeritus at the University of Oxford.

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Alternative Names: Sir John Huxtable Elliott • Sir John Elliott • John Huxtable Elliott • J.H.Elliott

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