254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in English in 1976, this book shed new light upon a dark aspect of a dark age in the social history of Europe. The book discusses and makes clear the differences between the feudal and ‘seigneurial’ organisation of society that developed with the disintegration of the State which followed the enormous enlargement of the Empire under Charlemagne. The author bases his analysis... Read more
Part 1: The Growth of Lordship and Feudalism 1. Transformation or Evolution? Part 2: The Classical Ages 2. General Features of the Age 3. The Re-establishment of Authority from Below Upwards Part 3: Homage, Fief and Lordship 4. Feudal Law 5. Rural Lordship Part 4: Divergencies Between the Evolution of Lordship and the Evolution of Feudalism 6. Decline and Recovery of Rural Lordship 7. Death or Survival of Feudalism?
Biography
Guy Fourquin
Original Review of Lordship and Feudalism in the Middle Ages:
‘…this book furnishes a stimulating insight into the relationship between feudalism, manorialism and banal lordship.’ African Historical Review, 11: 1-2 (1979)
