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Contributed by a leading team of historians, each chapter in this volume in the Short Oxford History of France focuses on a key theme of the period, such as France's political culture and identity, rural economy and society, the Church, intellectual history, and France's relations with the outside world. Beginning in 900, the volume is able to trace the emergence of France as a country, and the people's sense of national identity. Encompassing every region of France and covering key events, such as the election of Hugh Capet as King in 987 and the Norman conquest of England in 1066, this volume provides a fully rounded and lively introduction to the history of France in the central middle ages.
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Marcus Bull is Senior Lecturer in the department of Historical Studies at the University of Bristol. He is the author of Knightly Piety and the Lay Response to the First Crusade (OUP, 1993) and The Miracles of Our Lady of Rocamadour: Analysis and Translation (Woodbridge, 1999).
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Good introduction to Medieval France
6 Dec 2007
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In the introduction, Marcus Bull makes a point to say that this book is non-linear and does not follow France to the reign of it's kings. Since I learned about Medieval English history in the exact opposite way, and I only knew of the French peripherally when it pertained to that subject, I thought I may have bit off more than I could chew. I'm glad I stuck with it. Each chapter concentrates on a different topic of French life during that time told effectively by noteable scholars. Starting with the germination of the French identity, it then covers topics such as the church, lay culture and politics, and then ends it nicely with the French influence abroad particularly in the holy land and the Norman impact. It also has a great cache of recommended further reading in the back.
It's a challenging read, but it's never dry. It answered my questions and made look forward to reading more. Outside of knowing some key points of English history and the crusades you really don't need much to get the full enjoyment out of this book. I've never really appoached a new subject in a non-narrative way but this book has made me less skittish if it happens again. I hope to get my hands on the next volume of this series soon.
It's a challenging read, but it's never dry. It answered my questions and made look forward to reading more. Outside of knowing some key points of English history and the crusades you really don't need much to get the full enjoyment out of this book. I've never really appoached a new subject in a non-narrative way but this book has made me less skittish if it happens again. I hope to get my hands on the next volume of this series soon.
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