| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 198 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Ch. 1. Nobles and Knights -- Ch. 2. Nobles and Society -- Ch. 3. Noble Families and Family Life -- Ch. 4. Nobility and Chivalry -- Ch. 5. Nobility and the Church |
| Summary |
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 |
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Bouchard presents bold new interpretations of medieval literature as both reflecting and criticizing the role of the nobility and its 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-194) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2015 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Nobility -- France -- History -- To 1500
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Chivalry -- France -- History -- To 1500
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Nobility -- France -- History
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HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
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Chivalry
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Civilization
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Nobility
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Ridders.
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Hoofsheid.
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Beeldvorming.
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História da europa.
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História medieval.
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Classes sociais.
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| SUBJECT |
France -- Civilization -- 1000-1328.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051187
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| Subject |
France
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
97038906 |
| ISBN |
9781501713309 |
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1501713302 |
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