The crisis of the twelfth century : power, lordship, and the origins of European government / Thomas N. Bisson.
Bisson, Thomas N.
2009
D201.8 .B57 2009 (Mapit)
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Title The crisis of the twelfth century : power, lordship, and the origins of European government / Thomas N. Bisson.
Author Bisson, Thomas N.
ISBN 9780691137087 (alk. paper)
0691137080 (alk. paper)
9780691147956 (pbk.)
0691147957 (pbk.)
Publication Details Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2009.
Language English
Description xxviii, 677 p., [9] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 cm.
Call Number D201.8 .B57 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 940.1/82
Summary "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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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The age of lordship (875-1150)
Lord-rulership (1050-1150): the experience of power
Crises of power (1060-1150)
Resolution: intrusions of government (1150-1215)
Celebration and persuasion (1160-1225).

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