The Historian's Craft (French: Apologie pour l'histoire ou Métier d'historien) is a 1949 book by Marc Bloch and first published in English in 1953 (New York: Knopf).

His approach is one that is configured not for those who are necessarily professional historians themselves (members of what he referred to as "the guild") but instead for all interested readers and non-specialists.

[3] At one stage in the work, Bloch observes that "the mania for making judgments" is a "satanic enemy of true history".

[4] The Historian's Craft has been described as unrepresentative of his historical approach in that they discuss contemporary events in which Bloch was personally involved and without access to primary sources.

[8][9] Addressing fellow historian and close friend Lucien Febvre "by way of a dedication", Bloch wrote:[10] Long have we worked together for a wider and more human history.