Feudal Society - Marc Bloch - Middle Ages - Folio Society - 2012 1st ed.

Description: Feudal Society by Marc Bloch. Introduced by Jacques Le Goff. Frontispiece and 32 pages of colour plates. Bound in buckram blocked with a design by Adam McCaulay. 648pp. 10×6¾in. The medieval world was held together by ties of loyalty between individuals, which formed a chain stretching from the highest to the lowest ranks. First published in English in 1961, this is a ground breaking history of the people and institutions of medieval Europe up to the 13th century. Feudalism developed towards the end of the first millennium AD, ‘in the fiery crucible of the German invasions’. Few kings had the resources to marshal an army, hence the growth of smaller armies of knights. In the absence of law and order, peasants gifted their lands to a lord, in return for protection and sustenance. Bloch analyses every aspect of feudalism and its contexts, from religion, economy, kinship and the judiciary to the subtler ways in which it moulded the medieval mind. There were terrible penalties for disloyalty; one knight was sent to a monastery for the rest of his life having killed his lord in battle – his sentence had been commuted from that of having his hands cut off. Chivalry and Christianity also informed the feudal relationship, and vice versa: ‘Before God, the good Christian in his inmost soul; saw himself as a vassal bending the knee before his lord’. Please look closely at the photos as they are part of the description. Will wrap and pack very carefully. Will post worldwide. Any questions please ask. In the unlikely event you do encounter a problem, please do message me first to resolve it, and I will do my best to help.All the books are stored in our smoke-free, climate-controlled shop in Surbiton, London.

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