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"Strong of Body, Brave and Noble"

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Description for "Strong of Body, Brave and Noble" paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 3H; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 645.

Medieval society was dominated by its knights and nobles. The literature created in medieval Europe was primarily a literature of knightly deeds, and the modern imagination has also been captured by these leaders and warriors. 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.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801485480
SKU
V9780801485480
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Constance Brittain Bouchard
Constance Brittain Bouchard is Distinguished Professor of Medieval History and Chair of the History Department at the University of Akron. Among her many books are "Every Valley Shall Be Exalted": The Discourse of Opposites in Twelfth-Century Thought, also from Cornell, and The Cartulary of Montier-en-Der, 666'1129.

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"In straightforward narrative, Bouchard introduces the reader to a fascinating and often complex subject. . . . Written with clarity and wit, it is unencumbered with lengthy and obscure footnotes, and contains a useful bibliography of primary and secondary sources, many of which are available in English translation. A refreshing monograph, indeed. General readers; undergraduates."—Choice "This excellent little book . ... Read more

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