Title Feudal society in medieval France : documents from the County of Champagne / translated and edited by Theodore Evergates

Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1993

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 162 pages) Series Middle Ages series Middle Ages series Contents The Governance of a Feudal State -- Feudal Policies -- Permission to Clairvaux to acquire fiefs, ca. 1145 -- The count acquires a castle and grants fiefs for castle-guard, 1200 -- The assignment of a new fief, 1201 -- Liege homage is imposed on a younger brother in 1201 -- Authorization to build a castle, 1206 -- An exemption to the castle policy, 1223 -- An allodial castle is feudalized, 1221 -- Confiscation of an unauthorized alienation, 1234 -- The repurchase of a fief, 1244 -- The great feudal inquest, 1249-1250 -- Unauthorized alienations to the church, 1250-1252 -- Restrictions on Templar acquisitions, 1191, 1255 -- Authorization to acquire feudal property, 1260 -- Royal taxation of alienated fiefs, 1291 -- Count Thibaut V taxes his feudal tenants, 1257 -- Rural and Urban Policies -- Count Henry franchises a new village, 1175 -- A joint sponsorship (pariage) of a new community, 1223 -- The communal franchises of 1230-1232 -- A tax on the Jews, 1222 -- The Fairs of Champagne -- Regulations of the Fairs of May, 1164 -- The official weigh station, 1174 -- Cloth merchants must pay the sales tax, 1175 -- Clothmakers at Provins must be residents, ca. 1223 -- The merchants of Piacenza are banned from the fairs, 1243 -- Family Affairs -- Marriage and Divorce -- An unconsummated marriage is undone, 1153 -- A prenuptial agreement, 1205 -- A baronial dowry, 1223 -- A contract of marriage between knightly families, 1231 -- Count Thibaut IV's marriage contract, 1233 -- A projected divorce settlement, 1224 Summary Theodore Evergates has assembled, translated, and annotated some two hundred documents from the country of Champagne into a sourcebook that focuses on the political, economic, and legal workings of a feudal society, uncovering the details of private life and social history that are embedded in the official records Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-151) and index Notes Print version record Subject Feudalism -- France -- Champagne-Ardenne -- History -- Sources Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500 -- Sources HISTORY -- Europe -- France. HISTORY -- Medieval. Feudalism -- France -- Champagne-Ardenne -- History. Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500. Feudalism Social history -- Medieval SUBJECT Champagne-Ardenne (France) -- History -- Sources Subject Champagne-Ardenne (France) -- History. France -- Champagne-Ardenne Genre/Form History Sources Form Electronic book Author Evergates, Theodore. ISBN 0585196869 9780585196862 9780812200461 0812200462

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