The crisis of the twelfth century. Power, Lordship, and the Origins of European Government. - Thomas N. Bisson.
power, lordship, and the origins of European government
KORTE INHOUD
A cultural history of power in medieval Europe examines the shift from a dominating nobility who tortured and exploited peasants and encroached on clerical domains to the creation of rulers with a social purpose and the establishment of governments in kingdoms, principalities, and towns.
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2009Uitgever: Princeton and Oxford, Princeton University Press, 2009.678 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0691137080ISBN-13: 9780691137087Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Bound, cloth with original dustjacket, xxviii+677pp. and 8 b/w. outertext plates, 15x22.5cm., in very good condition. Nearly new. ISBN 9780691137087.
Princeton University Press 2009
Medieval civilization came of age in thunderous events like the Norman Conquest and the First Crusade. Power fell into the hands of men who imposed coercive new lordships in quest of nobility. Rethinking a familiar history, Thomas Bisson explores the circumstances that impelled knights, emperors, nobles, and churchmen to infuse lo...
Princeton University Press 2009
Medieval civilization came of age in thunderous events like the Norman Conquest and the First Crusade. Power fell into the hands of men who imposed coercive new lordships in quest of nobility. Rethinking a familiar history, Thomas Bisson explores the circumstances that impelled knights, emperors, nobles, and churchmen to infuse lo...
