Le Pouvoir au Moyen Age: Ideologies, Pratiques, Representations
Jean Dunbabin
This volume contains sixteen seminar papers delivered for l'Équipe de Recherches SICMA at the University of Provence. Predictably, there is not much coherence among them. Equally predictably, ideologies and representations power are more conspicuous than its practical manifestations, despite editors' section headings which suggest reverse. The geographical scope limited to France (almost half contributions), late Roman, Carolingian Byzantine empires, Portugal Southern Italy. Chronologically, range across whole middle ages, but with an emphasis on eleventh twelfth centuries. Michel Balivet charts changes over centuries in titles officials empire, highlighting impact Arab later Turkish titles. Titles also play a large part Jean-Claude Cheynet's stimulating explanation early success failure government frontiers. Stéphane Boisellier uses new material examine aristocratic self-perceptions in...
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