Description

This wide-ranging and perceptive book focuses on the collective values and activities of lay society over several centuries, from trade guilds and manor courts to the development of parliaments and the rule of feudal monarchs. It offers a new approach to the history of medieval Europe. The second edition of this important study incorporates a substantial new introduction, which amplifies the arguments of the original edition and takes account of recent research.

Reviews

Praise for the first edition : "This is a challenging book which all historians of medieval Europe and social theorists will have to come to terms with... all students of the Middle Ages and of collective organization will be indebted to Reynolds for this rich and original book."--Times Literary Supplement

Praise for the first edition : "This is a challenging book which all historians of medieval Europe and social theorists will have to come to terms with... all students of the Middle Ages and of collective organization will be indebted to Reynolds for this rich and original book."--Times Literary Supplement

Product Details

466 pages; ISBN13: 978-0-19-873147-4ISBN10: 0-19-873147-7

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