The crisis of the twelfth century : power, lordship, and the origins of European government / Thomas N. Bisson.

9780691137087 (alk. paper)
0691137080 (alk. paper)
9780691147956 (pbk.)
0691147957 (pbk.)

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2009.

English

xxviii, 677 p., [9] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 cm.

D201.8 .B57 2009

940.1/82

"Medieval civilization came of age in thunderous events like the Norman Conquest and the First Crusade. Power fell into the hands of men around castles who imposed coercive new lordships in quest of nobility, heedless of the old public order. In The Crisis of the Twelfth Century, acclaimed historian Thomas Bisson asks what it was like to live in a Europe without government, and he asks how people experienced power, and suffered. Rethinking a familiar history as a problem of origins, he explores the circumstances that impelled knights, emperors, nobles, and churchmen to infuse lordship with social purpose."--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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