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The Crisis of the Twelfth Century: Power, Lordship, and the Origins of European Government
The Crisis of the Twelfth Century Power Lordship and the Origins of European Government
Author: Thomas N. Bisson
Medieval civilization came of age in thunderous events like the Norman Conquest and the First Crusade. Power fell into the hands of men around castles who imposed coercive new lordships in quest of nobility, heedless of the old public order. In The Crisis of the Twelfth Century, acclaimed historian Thomas Bisson asks what it was like to l...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691147956
ISBN-10: 0691147957
Publication Date: 8/8/2010
Pages: 720
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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