Feudal Society in Medieval France: Documents from the County of Champagne (The Middle Ages Series)

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 Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Governance of a Feudal State 2. Family Affairs 3. Feudal Affairs and Lordship 4. The Crusades 5. Acts of Violence, Liberality, and Charity Bibliography Index In the course of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries the counts forged a highly fragmented region dominated by largely independent barons and prelates into a cohesive and prosperous province.