Introduction -- The historiographical background -- The place of the Carolingians in the Feudal Revolution -- Methodology -- Geography and sources -- Part I. The Parameters of Carolingian Society -- 1. Institutional integration -- Counts and the locality -- Bishops and episcopal…
Revisits the idea of a 'Feudal Revolution' in Europe between 800 and 1100, examining the causes of profound socio-economic change.
"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 …
"This book describes the wartime experiences of American idealists on the Western Front. Excerpts from memoirs are supplemented by descriptions of personalities, places, battles and even equipment and weapons, thus placing these generally forgotten American adventurers into the …
