Feudal Society - Routledge Classics

Marc Bloch said that his goal in writing Feudal Society was to go beyond the technical study a medievalist would typically write and 'dismantle a social structure.' In this outstanding and monumental work, which has introduced generations of students and historians to the feudal period, Bloch treats feudalism as living, breathing force in Western Europe from the ninth to the thirteenth century. At its heart lies a magisterial account of relations of lord and vassal, and the origins of the nature of the fief, brought to life through compelling accounts of the nobility, knighthood and chivalry, family relations, political and legal institutions, and the church. For Bloch history was a process of constant movement and evolution and he describes throughout the slow process by which feudal societies turned into what would become nation states. A tour de force of historical writing, Feudal Society is essential reading for anyone interested in both Western Europe's past and present.With a new foreword by Geoffrey Koziol

ISBN:	9780415738682
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Published date:	04 Apr 2014
DEWEY:	940.14
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xix, 549
Weight:	722g
Height:	138mm
Width:	217mm
Spine width:	32mm

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