1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996247923703316

Autore

Reynolds Susan <1929->

Titolo

Fiefs and vassals [[electronic resource] ] : the medieval evidence reinterpreted / / Susan Reynolds

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 1994

©1994

ISBN

9780191591754

9780198206484

9780198204589

1-280-91410-6

0-19-159175-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (557 pages)

Disciplina

940.1

Soggetti

Middle Ages

Feudalism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 487-526) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The Problem of Feudalism. 1.1. The nature of the problem. 1.2. The historiography of feudalism. 1.3. The plan of the book -- 2. Vassalage and the Norms of Medieval Social Relations. 2.1. The concept of vassalage. 2.2. Some problems of the concept. 2.3. A substitute for the concept of vassalage: some medieval norms and values -- 3. Fiefs and Medieval Property Relations. 3.1. The concept of the fief. 3.2. Ideas of property. 3.3. A hypothesis about property law before 1100. 3.4. A hypothesis about property law after 1100 -- 4. Gaul and the Kingdom of the Franks. 4.1. The Merovingian period. 4.2. The Carolingians: vassi and benefices. 4.3. Full property under the Carolingians. 4.4. Counts and the problem of the end of the empire -- 5. The Kingdom of France, 900-1100. 5.1. The problems. 5.2. Government and political relations. 5.3. Benefices and the lands of counts and churches. 5.4. Other full property: alods and inheritances. 5.5. Fiefs --

6. Italy. 6.1. The problems. 6.2. Before 774: the Lombard kingdom. 6.3. Political relations and government from 774 to the twelfth century. 6.4.



Benefices and fiefs, 774-1037. 6.5. Benefices and fiefs, 1037 to the early twelfth century. 6.6. Full property from 774 to the twelfth century. 6.7. The eleventh-century papacy: fiefs and oaths of fidelity. 6.8. The beginning of academic law. 6.9. Politics and the new law in the twelfth century. 6.10. The Norman south. 6.11. Professional law and government -- 7. The Kingdom of France, 1100-1300. 7.1. The transition to professional law and government. 7.2. Words and concepts: the twelfth century. 7.3. Words and concepts: the thirteenth century. 7.4. Words and concepts: the feudal hierarchy. 7.5. The rights and obligations of property --

8. England. 8.1. The problems. 8.2. Before the mid tenth century. 8.3. From the mid tenth century to 1066. 8.4. The Norman Conquest. 8.5. Words and concepts, 1100-1300. 8.6. The obligations of property, 1100-1300. 8.7. The rights of property, 1100-1300. 8.8. English law and feudal law -- 9. The Kingdom of Germany. 9.1. The problems. 9.2. Before 911. 9.3. Government and jurisdiction from 911 to the early twelfth century. 9.4. Full property from 911 to the early twelfth century. 9.5. Benefices and fiefs from 911 to the early twelfth century. 9.6. Words, concepts, and law: the twelfth century. 9.7. Words, concepts, and law: the thirteenth century. 9.8. The rights and obligations of property, 1100-1300 -- 10. Conclusion -- Appendix: Early treatises on the law of fiefs.

Sommario/riassunto

Fiefs and Vassals is a book that will change our view of the medieval world. Offering a fundamental challenge to orthodox conceptions of feudalism, Susan Reynolds argues that the concepts of fiefs and vassalage that have been central to the understanding of medieval society for hundreds of years are in fact based on a misunderstanding of the primary sources. Reynolds demonstrates convincingly that the ideas of fiefs and vassalage as currently understood, far from being the central structural elements of medieval social and economic relations, are a conceptual lens through which historians have focused the details of medieval life. This lens, according to Reynolds, distorts more than it clarifies. With the lens removed, the realities of medieval life will have the chance to appear as they really are: more various, more individual, more complex, and perhaps richer than has previously been supposed. This is a radical new examination of social relations within the noble class and between lords and their vassals, the distillation of wide-ranging research by a leading medieval historian. It will revolutionize the way we think of the Middle Ages.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785745603321

Autore

Garber Linda

Titolo

Identity Poetics [[electronic resource] ] : Race, Class and the Lesbian-Feminist Roots of Queer Theory

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Columbia University Press, 2012

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (275 p.)

Collana

Between Men~Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies

Disciplina

306.7663

Soggetti

Lesbian feminist theory

Lesbianism - Philosophy

Lesbians - Identity

Lesbians - Poetry

Gay & Lesbian Studies

Gender & Ethnic Studies

Social Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Race, Class, and Generations; Chapter One | The Social Construction of Lesbian Feminism; Chapter Two | Putting the Word Dyke on the Map: Judy Grahn; Chapter Three | "I Have a Dream Too": Pat Parker; Chapter Four | "High Over Halfway Between Your World and Mine": Audre Lorde; Chapter Five | An Uncommonly Queer Reading: Adrienne Rich; Chapter Six |  "Caught in the Crossfire Between Camps": Gloria Anzaldúa; Chapter Seven | Around 1991: The Rise of Queer Theory and the Lesbian Intertext; Afterward, the Dy2ke March: June 24, 2000, San Francisco; Notes

Works CitedIndex

Sommario/riassunto

""Queer theory,"" asserts Linda Garber, ""alternately buries and vilifies lesbian feminism, missing its valuable insights and ignoring its rich contributions."" Rejecting the either/or choice between lesbianism and queer theory, she favors an inclusive approach that defies current factionalism. In an eloquent challenge to the privileging of queer theory in the academy, Garber calls for recognition of the historical?and



intellectually significant?role of lesbian poets as theorists of lesbian identity and activism.The connections, Garber shows, are most clearly seen when looking at

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787545403321

Autore

Orser Charles E., Jr., <1950->

Titolo

Race and practice in archaeological interpretation / / Charles E. Orser, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

0-8122-0325-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 306 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Archaeology, culture, and society

Disciplina

930.1/028/5

Soggetti

Archaeology - Philosophy

Race - History

Ethnoarchaeology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-297) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Problematizing Race in Archaeology -- 2. The Prehistory of Race and Archaeological Interpretation, Part 1: Inventing Race for Archaeology -- 3. The Prehistory of Race and Archaeological Interpretation, Part II: Ethnicity over Race -- 4. Archaeological Interpretation and the Practice of Race -- 5. Materiality in the Practice of Race -- 6. A Case Study of Archaeology and the Practice of Race from Early Nineteenth-Century Ireland -- 7. Race, Practice, and Archaeology -- References Cited -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Scholars who investigate race-a label based upon real or perceived physical differences-realize that they face a formidable task. The concept has been contested and condoned, debated and denied throughout modern history. Presented with the full understanding of the complexity of the issue, Race and Practice in Archaeological Interpretation concentrates on the archaeological analysis of race and



how race is determined in the archaeological record. Most archaeologists, even those dealing with recent history, have usually avoided the subject of race, yet Charles E. Orser, Jr., contends that its study and its implications are extremely important for the science of archaeology. Drawing upon his considerable experience as an archaeologist, and using a combination of practice theory as interpreted by Pierre Bourdieu and spatial theory as presented by Henri Lefebvre, Orser argues for an explicit archaeology of race and its interpretation. The author reviews past archaeological usages of race, including a case study from early nineteenth-century Ireland, and explores the way race was used to form ideas about the Mound Builders, the Celts, and Atlantis. He concludes with a proposal that historical archaeology-cast as modern-world archaeology-should take the lead in the archaeological analysis of race because its purview is the recent past, that period during which our conceptions of race developed.