Table of Contents

Translator's Note.

Foreword.

List of Illustrations.

List of Genealogical Tables.

Part I: The Inheritance: .

1. The Empire.

2. The Frankish People.

3. The Principalities.

4. Disturbances.

Part II: Lordship:.

5. The Village.

6. The Castle.

7. The Church.

8. King and Lord.

Part III: Origins of State and Nation:.

9. The Great Age of Progress.

10. Louis VII.

11. Philip Augustus.

12. The South.

13. The Thirteenth Century.

14. The Fourteenth Century.

15. The Maid of Orleans.

Epilogue.

Chronology.

Bibliography.

Index.

About the Author

Georges Duby is Emeritus Professor at the College de France and one of the most eminent French historians. He is a memeber of the Academie Francaise, and holds the French National Order of Merit and Legion of Honour, amongst other distinctions.

Reviews

"Superb ... a great historian offers a fresh interpretation of one of the formative periods of French history." L'Histoire "Superb ... a pleasure to read ... an invaluable work of history and reference" La Voix du Nord "Duby has already changed our conception of medieval Europe. Extensively illustrated, with clear and helpful genealogical tables, this is a boldly written book, impeccably translated by Juliet Vale, that will stimulate discussion among specialists and non=specialists alike." The Jerusalem Post