Feudal society in medieval France documents from the County of Champagne / translated and edited by Theodore Evergates
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| Subjects: | Champagne-Ardenne (France)--History--Sources Electronic books Feudalism--France--Champagne-Ardenne--History--Sources Social history--Medieval, 500-1500--Sources |
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1993 |
| Series: | Middle Ages series |
| LC Classification: | D, DC |
| Table of Contents: | List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Ch. I. The Governance of a Feudal State 1 Feudal Policies 1 1. Permission to Clairvaux to acquire fiefs, ca. 1145 2 2. The count acquires a castle and grants fiefs for castleguard, 1200 3 3. The assignment of a new fief, 1201 4 4. Liege homage is imposed on a younger brother in 1201 4 5. Authorization to build a castle, 1206 5 6. An exemption to the castle policy, 1223 7 7. An allodial castle is feudalized, 1221 7 8. Confiscation of an unauthorized alienation, 1234 9 9. The repurchase of a fief, 1244 9 10. The great feudal inquest, 1249-1250 10 11. Unauthorized alienations to the church, 1250-1252 12 12. Restrictions on Templar acquisitions, 1191, 1255 13 13. Authorization to acquire feudal property, 1260 15 14. Royal taxation of alienated fiefs, 1291 16 15. Count Thibaut V taxes his feudal tenants, 1257 18 Rural and Urban Policies 19 16. Count Henry franchises a new village, 1175 20 17. A joint sponsorship (pariage) of a new community, 1223 21 18. The communal franchises of 1230-1232 23 19. A tax on the Jews, 1222 26 The Fairs of Champagne 28 20. Regulations of the Fairs of May, 1164 28 21. The official weight station, 1174 30 22. Cloth merchants must pay the sales tax, 1175 31 23. Clothmakers at Provins must be residents, ca. 1223 32 24. The merchants of Piacenza are banned from the fairs, 1243 32 Ch. II. Family Affairs 37 Marriage and Divorce 37 25. An unconsummated marriage is undone, 1153 38 26. A prenuptial agreement, 1205 39 27. A baronial dowry, 1223 40 28. A contract of marriage between knightly families, 1231 41 29. Count Thibaut IV's marriage contract, 1233 42 30. A projected divorce settlement, 1224 45 31. A marriage depends on a divorce, 1231 47 32. A woman takes her estranged husband to court, 1284 48 Inheritances 49 33. A younger son contests his inheritance, 1215 49 34. Fiefs are allotted to future heirs, 1230 50 35. The statute on the female inheritance of castles, 1212 51 36. The custom regarding feudal inheritances, ca. 1270, 1287 52 37. The age of feudal majority, 1278 53 38. An inquest on the age of Countess Jeanne, 1284 54 39. When a noblewoman marries a commoner, ca. 1270 57 The Dower Custom 58 40. Count Thibaut III dowers Countess Blanche, 1199 58 41. The seneschal's wife does homage for her dower lands, 1209 59 42. Two knights dower their wives, 1221, 1223 60 43. The dower custom of Champagne, ca. 1270 61 Ecclesiastical Placements 62 44. Abbess Heloise founds the convent of La Pommeraye, ca. 1147 62 45. Countess Marie and her tutor at Avenay, 1158 64 46. Limitation on the number of nuns at Avenay, 1201 64 47. A knight becomes a monk at Clairvaux, ca. 1205 65 48. The lord of Reynel becomes a monk at Clairvaux, 1216 65 49. The castellan of Vitry places his daughter in Avenay, 1228 66 50. Pope Urban IV orders a convent to accept a literate girl, 1262 67 Testaments 67 51. The testament of the knight Hagan of Ervy, ca. 1190 68 52. The testament of the knight Erard of Nully, 1249 69 53. The testament of Count Thibaut V, 1257 70 54. The testament of Lady Marie of Esternay, 1279 72 Ch. III. Feudal Affairs and Lordship 74 Notifications 74 55. A renunciation and a renewal of homage, 1216, 1219 75 56. A sale of the mouvance of rear-fiefs, 1219 76 57. A knight's family must approve his sale, 1226 77 58. Permission to sell a rear-fief, 1229 78 59. The two seals of the lady of Ramerupt, 1222 78 60. The former chamberlain does not recall a grant, 1238 79 61. The lord of Vignory corrects King Louis IX, 1239 79 62. A cadet pays relief for his brother's fief, 1252 80 63. Feudal tenants must pay homage to a new lord, 1252 80 64. The nobles of Champagne protest royal taxations, 1314 81 Mortgages, Debts, and Sales 83 65. Castles are mortgaged to the count, 1201, 1210 83 66. A baron's debt to a Sienese merchant, 1224 84 67. A baron's debt to the count's Jews, 1231 84 68. A fief is mortgaged to the Hospitallers, 1231 85 69. A fief is mortgaged to the Cistercians, 1238 85 70. The custom regarding feudal mortgages, ca. 1270 86 71. A knight creates an annuity, 1202 86 72. A real estate transaction, 1219-1220 87 73. A lady has misplaced a letter of debt, 1245 90 Lordship 91 74. A new village is dismantled, 1171 91 75. A lord's rights over his villagers, 1203 92 76. The lord of Chacenay exacts four extraordinary taxes, 1218 94 77. The High Court upholds Jean of Joinville's rights, 1288 94 Ch. IV. The Crusades 96 The Templars 96 78. William of Tyre describes the Templars in 1118 97 79. Bernard of Clairvaux, In Praise of the New Knighthood, ca. 1130 98 80. A gift to the Templars, 1201 102 Prince Henry and the Second Crusade 102 81. A letter of introduction to the Byzantine emperor, 1147 103 82. Louis VII praises Henry to his father, 1149 105 83. Bernard complains to Abbot Suger about a tournament, 1149 106 84. Henry requests a meeting with Abbot Suger, 1149 107 85. Bernard consoles Countess Mathilda over her son's behavior, ca. 1152 107 Preparing for a Crusade 108 86. Josbert of La Ferte-sur-Aube settles his affairs, 1146 109 87. A townsman of Troyes finances his journey, 1147 109 88. Count Henry II collects the Saladin Tithe, 1188 110 89. A knight finances his sons' trip to Constantinople, 1212 111 90. The seneschal describes his preparations, 1248 112 Consequences of the Crusades 113 91. The High Court considers a pilgrim's prolonged absence, 1166 113 92. Count Henry's vow while a hostage, 1182 114 93. The Rule of the Order of Trinitarians, 1198 115 94. A mother seeks to ransom her son, 1215 120 95. A thirty-year captivity, 1233 120 Ch. V. Acts of Violence, Liberality, and Charity 123 Violence 123 96. An assassination attempt on Count Hugh, 1104 124 97. Count Henry resists the archbishop of Reims, 1171-1172 125 98. The death of an excommunicated marshal, 1185 129 99. The great fire at Troyes, 1188 130 100. A holocaust of heretics, 1239 130 101. The wrath of nuns, 1266 132 Liberality 135 102. The Cistercian monastery of Vauluisant, 1127 135 103. Clairvaux is exempted from tolls and taxes, 1154 136 104. The Cistercian convent of Argensolles, 1224 137 Charity 140 105. Foundation of the hospital of La Barre, 1211 140 106. Fish for the Cistercian Chapter General meeting, 1216 142 107. Light for Clairvaux and its charnel house, 1223 143 108. Clothing and shoes for the poor, 1228 143 Bibliography 145 Index 153 |
| Alternate Titles: | Issued in other form: Original (DLC) 93019240 (OCoLC)27895012 |
| Additional Authors: | Evergates, Theodore NetLibrary, Inc |
| Notes: | Invalid LCCN: 93019240 ISBN: 0585196869 (electronic bk.) :$38.50 ISBN: 0812232259 ISBN: 0812214412 (pbk.) Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-151) and index Reproduction notes: Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2000. Available via the World Wide Web. Available in multiple electronic file formats. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries |
| Physical Description: | xxvii, 162 p. ; 24 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 44962783 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0585196869 0812232259 0812214412 |