Life in Mediaeval France
Author | : Joan Evans |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Civilization, Medieval |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Joan Evans |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Civilization, Medieval |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Joan Evans |
Publisher | : Phaidon Press |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Civilization, Medieval |
ISBN | : 9780714813745 |
Author | : Constance Brittain Bouchard |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780801485480 |
Medieval society was dominated by its knights and nobles. The literature created in medieval Europe was primarily a literature of knightly deeds, and the modern imagination has also been captured by these leaders and warriors. This book explores the nature of the nobility, focusing on France in the High Middle Ages (11th-13th centuries). Constance Brittain Bouchard examines their families; their relationships with peasants, townspeople, and clerics; and the images of them fashioned in medieval literary texts. She incorporates throughout a consideration of noble women and the nobility's attitude toward women. Research in the last two generations has modified and expanded modern understanding of who knights and nobles were; how they used authority, war, and law; and what position they held within the broader society. Even the concepts of feudalism, courtly love, and chivalry, once thought to be self-evident aspects of medieval society, have been seriously questioned. Bouchard presents bold new interpretations of medieval literature as both reflecting and criticizing the role of the nobility and their behavior. She offers the first synthesis of this scholarship in accessible form, inviting general readers as well as students and professional scholars to a new understanding of aristocratic role and function.
Author | : John W. Baldwin |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 2002-03-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780801869129 |
Modern historians have generally approached the study of medieval society through chronicles, charters, and other documents composed in Latin by members of the clergy. Although these records may be satisfactory for studying the affairs of ecclesiastics, kings, and high barons, they are inadequate for assessing the major preoccupations of the aristocracy—living extravagantly, fighting, making love, entertaining, eating and dressing ostentatiously, and, generally, earning the disapproval of the clergy. In Aristocratic Life in Medieval France, the respected medieval scholar John Baldwin undertakes a study of this segment of society using, for the first time in nearly a century, the vernacular romances written exclusively for the amusement of aristocratic audiences. Rather than attempting to encompass all of Middle Age Europe, this study selects two writers, Jean Renart and Gerbert de Montreuil, and their four romances. It focuses with depth and specificity on the discrete area of northern France during a precise period, 1190–1230. Since Jean and Gerbert framed their fictional stories with contemporary and realistic features that could be recognized by their audiences, their works provide a wealth of detail on aristocratic living. Employing such literary techniques as "reality effects" and "horizons of expectations," Baldwin successfully discerns the historical content in these romance narratives.
Author | : Eric Russell Chamberlin |
Publisher | : London : Batsford ; New York : Putnam |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : France |
ISBN | : |
A social history of France in the Middle Ages -- vendor's site
Author | : E R Chamberlin |
Publisher | : Sapere Books |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2022-06-20 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781800555310 |
An enthralling social history of France during the Middle Ages. Perfect for readers of Ian Mortimer, John Julius Norwich and Frances Gies. Without doubt France was one of the wealthiest and most magnificent realms of the medieval world. Gothic architecture soared to the skies, troubadours sang romantic ballads and knights jousted for chivalric honour. Yet, this was also a land where peasants served their masters with little freedom, while war, pestilence and famine threatened their lives and those of their families. E.R. Chamberlin's fascinating overview of medieval France introduces the reader to what life was like for these peasants and knights, how merchants were developing towns and guilds, in what ways Christianity imbued the thoughts of all people, and how art and architecture was developing throughout the land. Life in Medieval France is an essential book for anyone interested in learning more about both high and low society during this remarkable period.
Author | : Robert Chazan |
Publisher | : Johns Hopkins University Press |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2019-12-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781421430669 |
This story is significant for all who are fascinated by the capacity of human groups to respond and adapt creatively to a hostile and limiting environment.
Author | : Theodore Evergates |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 197 |
Release | : 2011-06-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0812200462 |
Theodore Evergates has assembled, translated, and annotated some two hundred documents from the country of Champagne into a sourcebook that focuses on the political, economic, and legal workings of a feudal society, uncovering the details of private life and social history that are embedded in the official records.
Author | : John F. Benton |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 1991-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1852850302 |
This collection is a notable example of how the cultural history of the middle ages can be written in terms that satisfy both the historian and the literary scholar. John Benton's knowledge of the personnel, structure and finance of medieval courts complemented his understanding of the literature they produced.
Author | : Guibert (Abbot of Nogent-sous-Coucy) |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1984-01-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780802065506 |
'His [Guilbert of Nogent (d. 1124), a Benedictine monk and historiographer] "Memoirs" are equally interesting and provide precious insights into French culture of the 11th and 12th centuries.