An Inheritance of Violence: Patrimony, Vassal Service, and Conquest in theCharroi de Nîmes
Jason Jacobs
In the epic imaginary of twelfth-century chanson de geste Charroi Nîmes, political bond between a lord and his vassal reproduces expectations, tensions, aggressions relationship aristocratic fathers sons. The displacement this negative affect is ultimate cause one Charroi’s more conventional aspects, its depiction religiously sanctioned conquest rich city in Muslim Spain. My reading text framed by variable nuanced history eleventh- inheritance practices, also critical readings certain historiographic narratives, such as Georges Duby’s famous essay on feudal ‘youth’ biographical accounts contentious William Conqueror son Robert Curthose. Freud’s Lacan’s analyses Oedipal conflict threat castration fantasies governing relations male generations illustrate these textual tensions medieval rulers their subjects.
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