Aristocratic Life in Medieval France: The Romances of Jean Renart and Gerbert de Montreuil, 1190-1230

by John W. Baldwin and Professor John W. Baldwin

Modern historians have generally approached the study of medieval society through chronicles, charters, and other documents composed in Latin by members of the clergy. Although these records may be satisfactory for studying the affairs of ecclesiastics, kings, and high barons, they are inadequate for assessing the major preoccupations of the aristocracy--living extravagantly, fighting, making love, entertaining, eating and dressing ostentatiously,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801869129
• ISBN13: 9780801869129
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 8.5"