"These essays challenge a once-dominant mode of German medieval studies, "constitutional history." In doing so, they reimage a more dynamic and less hierarchica

Young readers will be captivated by this account of the daily life and social organization of people living in Europe in the Middle Ages. Medieval Society descr

Early medieval women exercised public roles, rights, and responsibilities. Women contributed through their labor to the welfare of the community. Women played a

James B. Given analyzes the inquisition in one French region in order to develop a sociology of medieval politics. Established in the early thirteenth century t

Essays from a range of disciplines examine different, but linked aspects of the social organization of Europe from the 13th to 16th centuries.