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Feudal Society

Marc Bloch author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:4th Apr '14

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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

‘…one of those rare books of impeccable scholarship which no intelligent person could possibly read without pleasure and interest and excitement.’ – Geoffrey Barraclough, The Observer

‘…a book for every intelligent reader interested in the living past of Europe.’ C.V.Wedgwood, The Daily Telegraph

ISBN: 9780415738682

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 690g

570 pages