Constance Bouchard: 3 books
by Constance Bouchard
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
This edition presents the recently rediscovered episcopal cartulary of Auxerre, composed in the 1280s but assumed lost since the French Revolution. Along with confirmations by popes, quarrel settlements with counts, and agreements with the bishop’s tenants, the cartulary contains documents that...
"Every Valley Shall Be Exalted"
The Discourse of Opposites in Twelfth-Century Thought
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
In high medieval France, men and women saw the world around them as the product of tensions between opposites. Imbued with a Christian culture in which a penniless preacher was also the King of Kings and the last were expected to be first, twelfth-century thinkers brought order to their lives through...
"Strong of Body, Brave and Noble"
Chivalry and Society in Medieval France
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 1998
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...