- Hardcover: 520 pages
- Publisher: Cornell University Press (27 Sep 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0801439523
- ISBN-13: 978-0801439520
- Product Dimensions: 24.7 x 17.6 x 3.7 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,225,207 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A distinguished scholar troduces readers to the Occitania, an important region of France during the eleventh and twelfth centuries where women held important positions of power, including the remarkable Ermengard, ruler of Narbonne, who led her city through a complex and fragile time.
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A heavyweight insight into twelfth century Narbonne, 21 Oct 2002
By ilmk "ilmk" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ermengard of Narbonne and the World of the Troubadours (Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past) (Hardcover)
The parenthesized title gives a better explanation of the topic of this book, rather than the somewhat romanticized main title. What the author has done is provide an acutely focused eye on a small geographical place and period, namely that of the eleventh and twelfth centuries and the region known, at the time, as Occitania. A multi-parted text, multi-chaptered discourse where Cheyette uses Ermengard of Narbonne as a focal point to discuss the secular and spiritual power of a region that played an important part in Mediterannean history. The implication is that it was a microcosm of the funtioning social, political and commercial whole that was modern day France and Spain. Nevertheless, a history of (based on very little extant documentation) Ermerngard's influence as the ruler of Narbonne in both local and spiritual dealings; and a greater part (akin to Eleanor of Aquitane or Stephania) in the history of the region from the situation at the time of her inheritance, her wedding to Alphonse of Toulouse and subsequent rise to power through alliance, right through to Raymond V and crusade - all serve to demonstrate the power held by heiresses during the Middle Ages and the reality of their rule as they struggled with the Church for ascendancy. This gives rise to a fuller history of the regions of Narbonne, Montpellier What Cheyette does so well is to display the lot of the common man, the realities of daily life within the feudal system, the monastic regime and the commerical and political shifting partnerships that all occurred - fundamentally, it would seem to be argued - to ensure that general accession of new generations would be smoother.
This piece of scholarship is not so heavy that it becomes unreadable, but it does go into far more depth about the sheer detail of life than the romantic title might suggest Ultimately, it succeeds for it and any student interested in a more precise look at the region and the period would be well advised to read this.
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Strong Medieval Woman, 29 Dec 2007
By Personne Lente - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ermengard of Narbonne and the World of the Troubadours (Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past) (Hardcover)
This book is a very well written and researched account of medieval Narbonne, a city in southern France. The book hinges upon Ermengard, a noblewoman who ruled the city and includes extensive information about the role of women in the medieval society of southern France, and the social, political, religious, and land ownership structures of the time. After detailing all these subjects, the book finishes with the ravaging of the area by the Albigensian Crusaders.
Ermengard emerges as a real woman of grace, strength and intelligence. Sadly, no image of her survives.
A fine book to read for the student of the times, but entertaining enough for those seeking a good read.
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