Nobles and nobility in medieval Europe : concepts, origins, transformations /
The concept of nobility in the middle ages is the focus of this volume. Embracing regions as diverse as England (before and after the Norman Conquest), Italy, the Iberian peninsula, France, Norway, Poland, Portugal, and the Romano-German empire, it ranges over the whole medieval period from the fift...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, N.Y. :
Boydell Press
2000.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt163tb3x |
| Summary: | The concept of nobility in the middle ages is the focus of this volume. Embracing regions as diverse as England (before and after the Norman Conquest), Italy, the Iberian peninsula, France, Norway, Poland, Portugal, and the Romano-German empire, it ranges over the whole medieval period from the fifth to the early sixteenth century. The articles confront many of the central issues about the origins and nature of ǹobility', its relationship with the late Roman world, its acquisition and exercise of power, its association with military obligation, and its gradual p̀acification' and transformation into a more or less willing instrument of royal government (indeed, the symbiotic relationship between royal, or imperial, and noble power is a recurring theme). Other ideas historically linked to the concept of nobility and discussed here are ǹobility' itself; the distinction between nobility of birth and nobility of character; chivalry; violence and its effects; and noblewomen as co-progenitors and transmitters of nobility of blood. <br><br> Dr ANNE DUGGAN teaches in the Department of History at King's College London. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 285 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 058544353X 9780585443539 9781846150111 1846150116 9780851157696 0851157696 |
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