Cultures of Power: Lordship, Status and Process in Twelfth Century Europe (The Middle Ages Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0812232909 ISBN 13: 9780812232905

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995

Synopsis

The authors of Cultures of Power proffer diverse perspectives on the prehistory of government in Northern France, Spain, Germany, the Low Countries, and England. Political, social, ecclesiastical, and cultural history are brought to bear on topics such as aristocracies, women, rituals, commemoration, and manifestations of power through literary, legal, and scriptural means.

About this title

About the Author

Thomas N. Bisson is Henry Charles Lea Professor of History at Harvard University. Among his previous books are Assemblies and Representation in Languedoc in the Thirteenth Century, Fiscal Accounts of Catalonia Under the Early Count-Kings (1151-1213), and The Medieval Crown of Aragon: A Short History.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0812232909
• ISBN 13: 9780812232905
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Bisson T. N.