The history of the counts of Guines and Lords of Ardres /
"Consisting of 154 surviving chapters, Lambert's chronicle is just one of many local genealogies produced in Flanders during the high Middle Ages. It is extraordinarily rich and idiosyncratic, however, in its treatment of two competing families, longtime rivals until they were joined by ma...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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Philadelphia [Pa.] :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2001.
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Colección: | Middle Ages series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | "Consisting of 154 surviving chapters, Lambert's chronicle is just one of many local genealogies produced in Flanders during the high Middle Ages. It is extraordinarily rich and idiosyncratic, however, in its treatment of two competing families, longtime rivals until they were joined by marriage in the mid-twelfth century. In the first 96 chapters, Lambert, priest of the church of Ardres, traces the lineage of the counts of Guines from the seventh century to the present. Suddenly, narrative control is supposedly wrested away by the garrulous Walter LeClud, illegitimate son of Baldwin of Ardres, who tells the history of the other family for the next fifth chapters At that point, Lambert's voice is finally restored, with an account of the now combined holdings of Guines and Ardres. With two story tellers recounting some of the same events from two different perspectives, the history is a particularly useful source for probing the medieval aristocratic family and aristocratic attitudes."--Jacket |
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Notas: | First paperback edition 2007. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (279 pages) : genealogical table, maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-253) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780812200546 0812200543 1283211017 9781283211017 9786613211019 661321101X |