The Middle Ages Without Feudalism: Essays in Criticism and Comparison on the Medieval West - Couverture rigide

Reynolds, Susan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1409456749 ISBN 13 : 9781409456742

Editeur : Routledge, 2012

Synopsis

This volume brings together articles (including two hitherto unpublished pieces) that Susan Reynolds has written since the publication of her Fiefs and Vassals (1994).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.

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À propos de l'auteur

Susan Reynolds is an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Historical Research, UK, and an Emeritus Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1409456749
• ISBN 13: 9781409456742
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 328
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• Personne responsable: non disponible