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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lambert, of Ardres, approximately 1140-
Otros Autores: Shopkow, Leah
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Philadelphia [Pa.] : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2001.
Colección:Middle Ages series.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
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
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