Fiefs And Vassals
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Fiefs And Vassals
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Author : Susan Reynolds
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 1996
Fiefs And Vassals written by Susan Reynolds and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Civilization, Medieval categories.
Fiefs and Vassals has changed our view of the medieval world. It offers a fundamental challenge to orthodox conceptions of feudalism. Susan Reynolds argues that the concepts of the fief and of vassalage, as understood by historians of medieval Europe, were constructed by post-medieval scholarsfrom the works of medieval academic lawyers and tha they provide a bad guide to the realities of medieval society.This is a radical new examination of relations between rulers, nobles, and free men, the distillation of wide-ranging research by a leading medieval historian. It has revolutionized the way we think of the Middle Ages.
The Middle Ages Without Feudalism
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Author : Susan Reynolds
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-02-06
The Middle Ages Without Feudalism written by Susan Reynolds and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-06 with History categories.
This volume brings together articles (including two hitherto unpublished pieces) that Susan Reynolds has written since the publication of her Fiefs and Vassals (1994). There she argued that the concepts of the fief and of vassalage, as generally understood by historians of medieval Europe, were constructed by post-medieval historians from the works of medieval academic lawyers and the writers of medieval epics and romances. Six of the essays reprinted here continue her argument that feudalism is unhelpful to understanding medieval society, while eight more discuss other aspects of medieval society, law, and politics which she argues provide a better insight into the history of western Europe in the Middle Ages. Three range outside the Middle Ages and western Europe in considering the idea of the nation, the idea of empire, and the problem of finding a consistent and comprehensible vocabulary for comparative and interdisciplinary history.
Law Laity And Solidarities
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Author : Pauline Stafford
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 2001
Law Laity And Solidarities written by Pauline Stafford and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
In this invigorating collection of essays by leading medieval historians, the issue of laity—primarily the ideas and attitudes of lay people—are examined, as expressed in legal cases, charters, chronicles, and collective activities. The contributors focus on narratives from the Middle Ages, during a period of progress from irrational to rational thought. The essays range chronologically and geographically from the 7th to the 16th century, and from West Britain to Papal and urban Italy.
An Introduction To The History Of English Medieval Towns
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Author : Susan Reynolds
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
An Introduction To The History Of English Medieval Towns written by Susan Reynolds and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Surveying English urban life from the fifth to the early sixteenth centuries, this book traces the stages by which towns attained their varying measures of independence. The internal disputes they suffered and the degree to which they declined in the later Middle Ages are also studied.
Kingdoms And Communities In Western Europe 900 1300
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Author : Susan Reynolds
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
Kingdoms And Communities In Western Europe 900 1300 written by Susan Reynolds and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Europe categories.
Reynolds focuses on the collective values and activities of lay society over several centuries, offering a new approach to the history of medieval Europe. This edition incorporates a new introduction which amplifies the arguments of recent research.
The Libri Feudorum The Books Of Fiefs
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Author : Attilio Stella
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-04-12
The Libri Feudorum The Books Of Fiefs written by Attilio Stella and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-12 with History categories.
The Libri Feudorum (the ‘books of fiefs’) are the earliest written body of feudal customs in Europe, codified in northern Italy c.1100-1250, which gave rise to feudal law as a branch of civil law. Their role in shaping modern ideas of feudalism has aroused an intense debate among medievalists, leading to deep re-thinking of the ‘feudal’ vocabulary and categories. This book offers an up-to-date English translation with a working Latin text introduced by a historical and historiographical overview of the Libri, thereby providing a valuable tool to understanding the long-standing importance of this collection over nine centuries of European history.
Why Europe
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Author : Michael Mitterauer
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2010-07-15
Why Europe written by Michael Mitterauer and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-15 with History categories.
Why did capitalism and colonialism arise in Europe and not elsewhere? Why were parliamentarian and democratic forms of government founded there? What factors led to Europe’s unique position in shaping the world? Thoroughly researched and persuasively argued, Why Europe? tackles these classic questions with illuminating results. Michael Mitterauer traces the roots of Europe’s singularity to the medieval era, specifically to developments in agriculture. While most historians have located the beginning of Europe’s special path in the rise of state power in the modern era, Mitterauer establishes its origins in rye and oats. These new crops played a decisive role in remaking the European family, he contends, spurring the rise of individualism and softening the constraints of patriarchy. Mitterauer reaches these conclusions by comparing Europe with other cultures, especially China and the Islamic world, while surveying the most important characteristics of European society as they took shape from the decline of the Roman empire to the invention of the printing press. Along the way, Why Europe? offers up a dazzling series of novel hypotheses to explain the unique evolution of European culture.
Mediaeval Feudalism
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Author : Carl Stephenson
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 1942
Mediaeval Feudalism written by Carl Stephenson and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1942 with History categories.
Gives a clear and concise account of the feudal system, from its origin and growth to its decay. Also covers the principles of feudal tenure, chivalry, the military life of the nobility, and the workings of the feudal government.
Reframing The Feudal Revolution
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Author : Charles West
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-05-16
Reframing The Feudal Revolution written by Charles West and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-16 with History categories.
This book revisits the idea of a 'Feudal Revolution' in Europe between 800 and 1100, examining the causes of profound socio-economic change.
Reconstructing The Roman Republic
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Author : Karl-J. Hölkeskamp
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2010-04-11
Reconstructing The Roman Republic written by Karl-J. Hölkeskamp and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-11 with History categories.
In recent decades, scholars have argued that the Roman Republic's political culture was essentially democratic in nature, stressing the central role of the 'sovereign' people and their assemblies. Karl-J. Hölkeskamp challenges this view in Reconstructing the Roman Republic, warning that this scholarly trend threatens to become the new orthodoxy, and defending the position that the republic was in fact a uniquely Roman, dominantly oligarchic and aristocratic political form. Hölkeskamp offers a comprehensive, in-depth survey of the modern debate surrounding the Roman Republic. He looks at the ongoing controversy first triggered in the 1980s when the 'oligarchic orthodoxy' was called into question by the idea that the republic's political culture was a form of Greek-style democracy, and he considers the important theoretical and methodological advances of the 1960s and 1970s that prepared the ground for this debate. Hölkeskamp renews and refines the 'elitist' view, showing how the republic was a unique kind of premodern city-state political culture shaped by a specific variant of a political class. He covers a host of fascinating topics, including the Roman value system; the senatorial aristocracy; competition in war and politics within this aristocracy; and the symbolic language of public rituals and ceremonies, monuments, architecture, and urban topography. Certain to inspire continued debate, Reconstructing the Roman Republic offers fresh approaches to the study of the republic while attesting to the field's enduring vitality.