Nobility, Knighthood, and Chivalry in Medieval France
FAIN: FT-38322-93
Constance Brittain Bouchard
University of Akron, Main Campus (Akron, OH 44325-0001)
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Strong of Body, Brave and Noble: Chivalry and Society in Medieval France (Book)Title: Strong of Body, Brave and Noble: Chivalry and Society in Medieval France
Author: Constance Brittain Bouchard
Abstract: This book explores the nature of the nobility, focusing on France in the High Middle Ages (11th-13th centuries). Constance Brittain Bouchard examines their families; their relationships with peasants, townspeople, and clerics; and the images of them fashioned in medieval literary texts. She incorporates throughout a consideration of noble women and the nobility's attitude toward women.
Research in the last two generations has modified and expanded modern understanding of who knights and nobles were; how they used authority, war, and law; and what position they held within the broader society. Even the concepts of feudalism, courtly love, and chivalry, once thought to be self-evident aspects of medieval society, have been seriously questioned. Bouchard presents bold new interpretations of medieval literature as both reflecting and criticizing the role of the nobility and their behavior. She offers the first synthesis of this scholarship in accessible form, inviting general readers as well as students and professional scholars to a new understanding of aristocratic role and function.
Year: 1998
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http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100470240Publisher: Cornell University Press
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 0801485487
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes