Bloch also emphasised the importance of geography in the study of history, and particularly in the study of rural history. He suggested that, fundamentally, they were the same subjects, although he criticised geographers for failing to take historical chronology or human agency into account. Using a farmer's field as an example, he described it as "fundamentally, a human work, built from generation to generation". Bloch also condemned the view that rural life was immobile. He believed that the Gallic farmer of the Roman period was inherently different from his 18th-century descendants, cultivating different plants, in a different way. He saw England and France's agricultural history as developing similarly, and, indeed, discovered an Enclosure Movement in France throughout the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries on the basis that it had been occurring in England in similar circumstances. Bloch also took a deep interest in the field of linguistics and their use of the comparative method. He believed that using the method in historical research could prevent the historian from ignoring the broader context in the course of his detailed local researches: "a simple application of the comparative method exploded the ethnic theories of historical institutions, beloved of so many German historians".
BLOch also empHasised the imPoRtAnCE OF GEOGrAPhY In The STudy of hIstorY, and PArticulArly in the STudy of ruraL HIstoRy. he suggEsted that, fundameNtaLly, thEy Were the saMe sUBJects, AlthoUgh He cRitiCiSed gEographeRS for fAilinG tO take hISToRiCal Chronology OR HuMan aGEnCY into AccouNt. USING a fArmer'S fiEld as an ExamPle, He DescRIbED it AS "fundAMEnTaLlY, A huMAn WOrk, built frOM genEraTioN to gENeratioN". bloch also ConDemned The VieW tHAt rurAl lifE wAS immobiLe. he belIeVEd that tHE GallIC FArmeR oF the ROman pERIod was inherENTly DiFferENT FROM His 18tH-CENTUry DescEndantS, cuLtIvAtIng diFfERent plAnts, in a differenT WaY. hE SAw england And frANce's agricultUral HistOry as devElOPing simILaRly, anD, inDEed, DiScovErED an eNcLoSUre movemEnt in fraNce througHout tHe 15TH, 16Th, aNd 17th ceNturieS on the bASiS ThaT it HAD BEen occurRinG in EnglanD in siMilar cIrcumSTanceS. blocH also took A dEEp InteResT in the FIeld Of linGuistics aNd their uSE Of ThE coMpArAtiVe method. he Believed that USing thE meThOd in histoRiCal rEsEarCh couLd pReVENt tHE historian FRom iGNoring The BRoader coNTexT in THE Course of his detaILED Local researches: "a simPle ApplicaTiOn Of thE comparatIve mEthOd ExplodeD thE ethnic theories Of hIStOricAL instituTionS, bElovEd of sO Many gErMAn historiAns".