Reviews for Chevaliers-paysans de l'an mil au lac de Paladru

The average rating for Chevaliers-paysans de l'an mil au lac de Paladru based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-12-26 00:00:00 Jerry Davis These five essays collectively push back against the Duby-inspired theory that medieval aristocratic women were little more than docile uteruses under the control of their fathers and husbands. The first three essays on Adela, countess of Blois and daughter of William the Conqueror (Kimberly LoPrete), several inter-related castellan families of the Chartrain (Amy Livingstone), and the careers of the countesses of Champagne (Theodore Evergates) cover a broad swathe of what is now northern France. The last two, on the countesses of Flanders (Karen Nicholas) and on the relation of Occitan troubadour poetry to political reality (Fredric Cheyette) push further north and south respectively. All of the authors challenge Duby's sweeping statements with specific reference to primary sources, and make a convincing case for a Middle Ages in which women may not have been able to act as men's equals, but could act jointly with them.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-06-09 00:00:00 Gretchen Wagner I really liked this book. I don't know much about medieval France, but I think this book had a lot of interesting topics from different counties.