The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300

by Theodore Evergates

Theodore Evergates provides the first systematic analysis of the aristocracy in the county of Champagne under the independent counts. He argues that three factors--the rise of the comital state, fiefholding, and the conjugal family--were critical to shaping a loose assortment of baronial and knightly families into an aristocracy with shared customs, institutions, and identity. Evergates mines the rich, varied, and in some respects unique collection...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812240197
• ISBN13: 9780812240191
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"