Feudal Society in Medieval France: Documents from the County of ChampagneTheodore Evergates Theodore Evergates has assembled, translated, and annotated some two hundred documents from the country of Champagne into a sourcebook that focuses on the political, economic, and legal workings of a feudal society, uncovering the details of private life and social history that are embedded in the official records. |
Contents
Chapter I The Governance of a Feudal State | 1 |
Rural and Urban Policies | 19 |
The Fairs of Champagne | 28 |
Family Affairs | 37 |
Inheritances | 49 |
The Dower Custom | 58 |
Ecclesiastical Placevnents | 62 |
Testaments | 67 |
The Crusades | 96 |
Prince Henry and the Second Crusade | 102 |
Preparingfor a Crusade | 108 |
Consequences of the Crusades | 113 |
Acts of Violence Liberality and Charity | 123 |
Liberality | 135 |
Charity | 140 |
Bibliography | 145 |
Other editions - View all
Feudal Society in Medieval France: Documents from the County of Champagne Theodore Evergates No preview available - 1993 |
Common terms and phrases
abbess abbey abbot acquired annual revenue Anselm archbishop of Reims Avenay Bar-sur-Aube barons Bernard of Clairvaux bishop of Langres brothers castellany castle Chacenay Champagne and Brie chapter Châteauvillain church Cistercian convent Count Henry count of Champagne count palatine Count Thibaut Countess Blanche Crusade custom daughter documents dower dowry Emeline Erard excommunication fairs feudal feudal property feudal tenants fief France gave Genealogical Table Geoffroy gift grace granted greeting heirs Holy homage Hugh inheritance inquest Jews John Josbert king of Navarre knight known lady lands lord of Joinville lordship Louis VII Marie marriage Master Medieval merchants monastery money of Provins monks mortgaged Navarre and count noble nuns oath pagne palatine of Champagne palatine of Troyes Paraclete Paris possessions present and future Provins provost rear-fiefs remain Renaud Rethel Saint Saint-Etienne seneschal sextarii Simon sworn Templars Text in Cartulary-Register tithe Traînel village vols wife William