03526nam 22006615 450 991078188670332120210107000551.01-283-21101-797866132110190-8122-0054-310.9783/9780812200546(CKB)2550000000051305(SSID)ssj0000543901(PQKBManifestationID)11344089(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000543901(PQKBWorkID)10533717(PQKB)11648368(DE-B1597)448951(OCoLC)979577639(DE-B1597)9780812200546(MiAaPQ)EBC3441558(EXLCZ)99255000000005130520190708d2010 fg engur|||||||||||txtccrThe History of the Counts of Guines and Lords of Ardres /Lambert of Ardres; Leah ShopkowPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2010]©20011 online resource 2 mapsThe Middle Ages SeriesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8122-1996-1 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- The History of the Counts of Guines and Lords of Ardres -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexThe History of the Counts of Guines and Lords of Ardres, a work made famous by Georges Duby, now appears in an expert translation by Leah Shopkow. Consisting of 154 surviving chapters, Lambert's chronicle is just one of many local genealogies produced in Flanders during the high Middle Ages. It is extraordinarily rich and idiosyncratic, however, in its treatment of two competing families, longtime rivals until they were joined by marriage in the mid-twelfth century. In the first 96 chapters, Lambert, priest of the church of Ardres, traces the lineage of the counts of Guines from the seventh century to his present. Suddenly, narrative control seems to be wrested away by the garrulous Walter LeClud, illegitimate son of Baldwin of Ardres, who tells the history of the other family for the next 50 chapters. At that point, Lambert's voice is finally restored, with an account of the now combined holdings of Guines and Ardres. With two storytellers recounting some of the same events from different perspectives, The History of the Counts of Guines and Lords of Ardres is a particularly useful source for probing the medieval aristocratic family and aristocratic attitudes.Shopkow brings Lambert's chronicle to life in an accurate, lively translation and provides relevant historical and historiographical information in her extensive introduction and explanatory notes to the text.NobilityHistoryTo 1500FranceArdresRegions & Countries - EuropeHILCCHistory & ArchaeologyHILCCFranceHILCCEuropean History.History.Medieval and Renaissance Studies.World History.NobilityHistoryRegions & Countries - EuropeHistory & ArchaeologyFrance929.7/4Ardres Lambert of, 1575558Shopkow Leah, DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910781886703321The History of the Counts of Guines and Lords of Ardres3852600UNINA