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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Jacques Le Goff, Anna Zadrożyńska (nekrolog).jpg — Mateusz Opasiński, CC BY-SA 3.0.","cite":"\"Jacques Le Goff\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/jacques-le-goff. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T13:59:50Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/jacques-le-goff","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/jacques-le-goff","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/jacques-le-goff?lang=ne"}}