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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bisson, Thomas N.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Power (Social sciences)
Politics and government.
Intellectual life.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales)
Europe.
Europe > Vie intellectuelle.
Europe > Politique et gouvernement > 476-1492.
Europe > Intellectual life.
Europe > Politics and government > 476-1492.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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, nobles, and churchmen to infuse lordship with social purpose. Bisson traces the origins of European government to a crisis of lordship and its resolution. King John of England was only the latest and most conspicuous in a gallery of bad lords who dominated the populace instead of ruling it. Yet, it.
Physical Description:1 online resource (720 pages).
ISBN:9781400874316

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