Feudal Society, Volume 1 by Marc Bloch (1964, Trade Paperback) online kaufen

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PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press

ISBN-100226059782

ISBN-139780226059785

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Book TitleFeudal Society, Volume 1

Number of Pages287 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1964

TopicEurope / General, Europe / Medieval

GenreHistory

AuthorMarc Bloch

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight12.8 Oz

Item Length8.1 in

Item Width5.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN61-004322

Dewey Edition23

Volume NumberVol. 1

Dewey Decimal940.1/4

Table Of ContentForeword by M. M. Postan Introduction: General Scope of the Inquiry Volume 1 - The Growth of Ties of Dependence Part I - The Environment: The Last Invasions I. Moslems and Hungarians 1. Europe Invaded and Besieged 2. The Moslems 3. The Hungarian Assault 4. End of the Hungarian Invasions II. The Northmen 1. General Character of the Scandinavian Invasions 2. From Raid to Settlement 3. The Scandinavian Settlements: England 4. The Scandinavian Settlements: France 5. The Conversion of the North 6. In Search of Causes III. Some Consequences and Some Lessons of the Invasions 1. Disorder 2. The Human Contribution: the Evidence of Language and Names 3. The Human Contribution: the Evidence of Law and Social Structure 4. The Human Contribution: Problems of Origin 5. Lessons Part II - The Environment: Conditions of Life and Mental Climate IV. Material Conditions and Economic Characteristics 1. The Two Ages of Feudalism 2. The First Feudal Age: Density of Population 3. The First Feudal Age: Intercommunication 4. The First Feudal Age: Trade and Currency 5. The Economic Revolution of the Second Feudal Age V. Modes of Feeling and Thought 1. Man's Attitude to Nature and Time 2. Expression 3. Culture and Social Classes 4. The Religious Mentality VI. The Folk Memory 1. Historiography 2. The Epic VII. The Intellectual Renaissance in the Second Feudal Age 1. Some Characteristics of the New Culture 2. The Growth of Self-Consciousness VIII. The Foundations of Law 1. The Ascendancy of Custom 2. The Characteristics of Customary Law 3. The Revival of Written Laws Part III - The Ties Between Man and Man: Kinship IX. The Solidarity of the Kindred Group 1. The 'Friends by Blood' 2. The Vendetta 3. Economic Solidarity X. Character and Vicissitudes of the Tie of Kinship 1. The Realities of Family Life 2. The Structure of the Family 3. Ties of Kinship and Feudalism Part IV - The Ties between Man and Man: Vassalage and the Fief XI. Vassal Homage 1. The Man of Another Man 2. Homage in the Feudal Era 3. The Origins of Ties of Personal Dependence 4. The Household of Warriors 5. Carolingian Vassalage 6. The Formation of the Classical Type of Vassalage XII. The Fief 1. 'Benefit' and Fief: Stipendiary Tenement 2. The 'Housing' of Vassals XIII. General Survey of Europe 1. French Diversity: the South-West and Normandy 2. Italy 3. Germany 4. Outside the Carolingian Empire: Anglo-Saxon England and North-Western Spain 5. The Imported Feudal Systems XV. The Man of Several Masters 1. The Plurality of Homage 2. Heyday and Decline of Liege Homage XVI. Vassal and Lord 1. Aid and Protection 2. Vassalage as a Substitute for the Kinship Tie 3. Reciprocity and Breach of Engagements XVII. The Paradox of Vassalage 1. The Contradictions of the Evidence 2. Legal Ties and Human Contact Part V - Ties of Dependence among the Lower Orders of Society VIII. The Manor 1. The Lord's Estate 2. The Extension of the Manorial System 3. Lord and Tenants XIX. Servitude and Freedom 1. The Starting Point: Personal Status in the Frankish Period 2. French Serfdom 3. The Case of Germany 4. England: the Vicissitudes of Villeinage XX. Towards New Forms of Manorialsim 1. The Stabilization of Obligations 2. The Transformation of Human Relationships

Synopsis"Few have set themselves to the formidable task of reconstructing and analyzing a whole human environment; fewer still have succeeded. Bloch dared to do this and was successful; therein lies the enduring achievement of Feudal Society."-Charles Garside, Yale Review, "Few have set themselves to the formidable task of reconstructing and analyzing a whole human environment; fewer still have succeeded. Bloch dared to do this and was successful; therein lies the enduring achievement of Feudal Society."--Charles Garside, Yale Review

LC Classification NumberD131.B513 1961