The Middle Ages without Feudalism

Essays in Criticism and Comparison on the Medieval West

By:

Susan Reynolds

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Variorum Collected Studies

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This volume brings together articles (including two hitherto unpublished pieces) that Susan Reynolds has written since the publication of her Fiefs and Vassals (1994). There she argued that the concepts of the fief and of vassalage, as generally understood by historians of medieval Europe, were constructed by post-medieval historians from the works of medieval academic lawyers and the writers of medieval epics and romances. Six of the essays reprinted here continue her argument that feudalism is unhelpful to understanding medieval society, while eight more discuss other aspects of medieval society, law, and politics which she argues provide a better insight into the history of western Europe in the Middle Ages. Three range outside the Middle Ages and western Europe in considering the idea of the nation, the idea of empire, and the problem of finding a consistent and comprehensible vocabulary for comparative and interdisciplinary history.

Author Biography:

Susan Reynolds is an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Historical Research, UK, and an Emeritus Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.

Release date Australia

July 28th, 2017

Author

Susan Reynolds

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Pages

328

Series

Variorum Collected Studies

ISBN-13

9781138108004

Product ID

28927681

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