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by Eric Bournazel, Jean-Pierre Poly, Caroline Higgitt. 404 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Eric Bournazel, Jean-Pierre Poly, Caroline Higgitt

Publisher:

   Holmes & Meier

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1991
Subjects:   Middle Ages--History, Feudalism--France--History, France--History--Capetians, 987-1328
Table of contents
CONTENTS
LIST OF MAPS AND FIGURES xi
PREFACE xiii
ABBREVIATIONS xv
INTRODUCTION 1
PART I What Is Known
PART II New Interpretations
CONCLUSION 351
BIBLIOGRAPHY 359
Textual Analysis 359
Primary Sources 363
Secondary Sources 365
Supplementary Bibliography: English Translations Recent Publications 393
INDEX 397
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The Capetian Kings of France: Monarchy & Nation, 987-1328
Book by Robert Fawtier, Lionel Butler, R. J. Adam; St. Martins Press, 1960
Subjects: France--History--Capetians, 987-1328
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The Feudal Transformation: 900-1200
Book by Jean-Pierre Poly, Eric Bournazel, Caroline Higgitt; Holmes & Meier, 1991
Subjects: Feudalism--France--History, France--History--Capetians, 987-1328, Middle Ages--History
...paper 1. France History Capetians, 987-1328. 2. Middle Ages History. 3. Feudalism...little-known period of French history, the early Middle Ages in the south, laying...puts it, that "the history of France in the ninth...
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Book by Richard W. Kaeuper; Oxford University Press, 1988
Subjects: England--Civilization--1066-1485, France--History, Military, France--Politics And Government--1328-1589, France--Politics And Government--987-1328, Great Britain--History, Military--1066-1485, Great Britain--Politics And Government--1154-1399
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Book by Jean Dunbabin; Oxford University Press, 2000
Subjects: France--History--Capetians, 987-1328, France--History--To 987
...conspicuously for the historian of northern than of southern France: they are in some sense artificial legal documents...know very little indeed about the tenth century; its history can only be written in terms of hypothesis and deduction...about the political history of West Francia from 888 to 987. To those historians whose interests have concentrated...Carolingian house. The Robertians, later to be called the Capetians, were of Lotharingian origin and imperial service; they...Capet was king in fact.8 The way was being prepared for history to repeat itself. But because those who revere and obey...bestowed on others than members of their own family. So in 987, when Lothaires and Louis Vs attacks on Lotharingia...
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Castles in Medieval Society: Fortresses in England, France, and Ireland in the Central Middle Ages
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...hundred years, not an insignificant period of Christian history. Historically, however, the words ordo, ordinatio, and ordinare had a far different meaning in the early Middle Ages than they came to acquire in later centuries. The problem...
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...advantages to reading historical fiction over nonfiction history texts? Responses to questions like these usually revolve...Barnhouse questions historical fiction depicting the Middle Ages in novels written for young adult readers. She wants...
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The Making of the Middle Ages: Liverpool Essays
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...because they cannot) on the medieval history of Liverpool, but rather on medievalism...Merseyside, where interest in the Middle Ages has flourished in and especially...Charles-Edwards opens with a study of the history of Celtic philology between the middle...
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The Thoroughly Modern Middle Ages
Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 43, February 1993
Subjects: Cantor, Norman--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Historians--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Inventing the Middle Ages (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Middle Ages--Bibliography
The thoroughly modern Middle Ages How much of themselves do historians put into their history? Most people have their own vivid images of the world of the Middle Ages - but how coloured are they by the crises and upheavals...
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...as they pleased in the Middle Ages. Few were exempt from the supervisory...nor the last man in recorded history to express generalised doubts...widows) and nuns, who were by the middle of the eighth century flocking...Webb is Lecturer in Medieval History at Kings College, The University...
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Auvergne; Rambles, No Rumblings; Volcanic Landscapes, Towns from Romans, Middle Ages Invite Strolling and Exploring
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 20, 2007
Subjects: Middle Ages
...Crusade. The heritage of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance are...particularly hot day is lost to history, but in any event, the...prettiest villages in France, Lavaudieu is an unspoiled...very drinkable. * * * Air France flies nonstop from Washington...
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Knights of Old Are Back with Joust a Little Fun from the Middle Ages
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), April 7, 2007
Subjects: Middle Ages
...shine to it. Phillipp Schofield, Professor of Medieval History at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, said that from...connotations, he explained that a jousting tournament in the Middle Ages was often a product of warfare and it became very dangerous...
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1077 and All That. JOUST THE TWO OF US: Historical Cliches of Castles and Knights - as Used in the 2001 Film A Knight's Tale - Were Born in the Middle Ages
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), October 12, 2008
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Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), April 12, 2008
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Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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