Modern historians have generally approached the study of medieval society through chronicles, charters, and other documents composed in Latin by members of the

Were aristocratic women in medieval France little more than appendages to patrilineal families, valued as objects of exchange and necessary only for the product

Medieval society was dominated by its knights and nobles. The literature created in medieval Europe was primarily a literature of knightly deeds, and the modern

Theodore Evergates has assembled, translated, and annotated some two hundred documents from the country of Champagne into a sourcebook that focuses on the polit

In this book, a group of prominent French historians shows why the nobility remains a vital topic for understanding France's past. The contributors to this volu