{"product_id":"cultures-of-power-9780812215557","title":"Cultures of Power","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe authors of \u003ci\u003eCultures of Power\u003c\/i\u003e proffer diverse perspectives on the prehistory of government in Northern France, Spain, Germany, the Low Countries, and England. Political, social, ecclesiastical, and cultural history are brought to bear on topics such as aristocracies, women, rituals, commemoration, and manifestations of power through literary, legal, and scriptural means.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e —Thomas N. Bisson\u003cbr\u003e PART I. ELITES OLD AND NEW\u003cbr\u003e 1.Nobles and Knights in Twelfth-Century France\u003cbr\u003e —Theodore Evergates\u003cbr\u003e 2. Instruments of Power: The Profile and Profession of \u003ci\u003eministeriales\u003c\/i\u003e Within German Aristocratic Society (1050-1225)\u003cbr\u003e —Benjamin Arnold\u003cbr\u003e 3. Castles, Barons, and Vavassors in the Vendomois and Neighboring Regions in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries\u003cbr\u003e —Dominique Barthélmy\u003cbr\u003e 4. Women and Power\u003cbr\u003e —Georges Duby\u003cbr\u003e 5. Proposing the Ordeal and Avoiding It: Strategy and Power in Western French Litigation, 1050-1110\u003cbr\u003e —Stephen D. White\u003cbr\u003e PART II. STRATEGY, MEANS, PROCESS\u003cbr\u003e 6. England, France, and the Problem of Sacrality in Twelfth-Century Ritual\u003cbr\u003e —Geoffrey Koziol\u003cbr\u003e 7. Law and Power in Twelfth-Century Flanders\u003cbr\u003e —R. C. Van Caenegem\u003cbr\u003e 8. Papal Judges Delegate and the Making of the \"New Law\" in the Twelfth Century\u003cbr\u003e —Charles Duggan\u003cbr\u003e PART III. CULTURES OF POWER\u003cbr\u003e 9. Sacred Sanctions for Lordship\u003cbr\u003e —John Ven Engen\u003cbr\u003e 10. León: The Iconography of a Capital\u003cbr\u003e —John W. Williams\u003cbr\u003e 11. Jongleur as Propagandist: The Ecclesiastical Politics of Marcabru's Poetry\u003cbr\u003e —Laura Kendrick\u003cbr\u003e 12. Courtliness and Social Change\u003cbr\u003e —C. Stephen Jaeger\u003cbr\u003e 13. \u003ci\u003ePrincipes gentium dominantur eorum\u003c\/i\u003e: Princely Power Between Legitimacy and Illegitimacy in Twelfth-Century Exegesis\u003cbr\u003e —Philippe Buc\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e —Thomas N. Bisson\u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405689856343,"sku":"9780812215557","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812215557.jpg?v=1730493288","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cultures-of-power-9780812215557","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}