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Violence and the State in Languedoc, 1250–1400
Justine Firnhaber-Baker
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hardcover. A reconsideration of aristocratic violence and the rise of the royalist French state from the Albigensian Crusade to Agincourt. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series. Num Pages: 231 pages, 4 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JFFE. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
Although it is often assumed that resurgent royal government eliminated so-called 'private warfare', the French judicial archives reveal nearly one hundred such wars waged in Languedoc and the Auvergne between the mid-thirteenth and the end of the fourteenth century. Royal administrators often intervened in these wars, but not always in order to suppress 'private violence' in favour of 'public justice'. They frequently recognised elites' own power and legitimate prerogatives, and elites were often fully complicit with royal intervention. Much of the engagement between royal officers and local elites came through informal processes of negotiation and settlement, rather than through the ... Read more
Although it is often assumed that resurgent royal government eliminated so-called 'private warfare', the French judicial archives reveal nearly one hundred such wars waged in Languedoc and the Auvergne between the mid-thirteenth and the end of the fourteenth century. Royal administrators often intervened in these wars, but not always in order to suppress 'private violence' in favour of 'public justice'. They frequently recognised elites' own power and legitimate prerogatives, and elites were often fully complicit with royal intervention. Much of the engagement between royal officers and local elites came through informal processes of negotiation and settlement, rather than through the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
Number of Pages
231
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107039551
SKU
V9781107039551
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About Justine Firnhaber-Baker
Justine Firnhaber-Baker is a Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of St Andrews.
Reviews for Violence and the State in Languedoc, 1250–1400
'In this well-written and deeply researched book, Firnhaber-Baker demonstrates not just what royal officials were supposed to do, but what they actually did. … With skill and grit, [she] illuminates how power was exercised and experienced in Languedoc over six generations. Violence and the State in Languedoc, 1250–1400 is a major achievement.' Philip Daileader, Speculum 'This book offers a new ... Read more