The Crisis of the Twelfth Century : : Power, Lordship, and the Origins of European Government /

The Crisis of the Twelfth Century : : Power, Lordship, and the Origins of European Government / / Thomas N. Bisson.

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, no...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Bisson, Thomas N.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©2008
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (720 p.) :; 1 color illus. 10 halftones. 1 line illus. 5 maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Usage and Conventions
  • Abbreviations
  • I. Introduction
  • II. The Age of Lordship (875-1150)
  • III. Lord-Rulership (1050-1150): The Experience of Power
  • IV. Crises of Power (1060-1150)
  • V. Resolution: Intrusions of Government (1150-1215)
  • VI. Celebration and Persuasion (1160-1225)
  • VII. Epilogue
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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