Begging Pardon and Favor: Ritual and Political Order in Early Medieval France

by Geoffrey Koziol

In reconstructing and interpreting rituals of supplication, Geoffrey Koziol here uncovers the dense meanings of these most commonplace of all early medieval rituals. The author casts a wide net, comparing these rituals in several regions of northern and western France to illuminate the complex changes in social relations and political power in the tenth and eleventh centuries.

In medieval cultures, "supplication" was simply the act of prayer,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801477530
• ISBN13: 9780801477539
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher