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- ISBN 9780801475269
- Weight: 907g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 06 Aug 2009
- Publisher: Cornell University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In Sword, Miter, and Cloister, Constance Brittain Bouchard provides a fresh perspective on social and ecclesiastical life in the High Middle Ages. Drawing on a vast range of primary sources, she reveals the surprisingly close relationship between the nobility and reformed monasteries in Burgundy. By focusing on a region considered to be the heart of aristocratic and monastic Europe during this era, Bouchard is able to develop themes and reach conclusions that can be applied to much of Europe.
Constance Brittain Bouchard is Distinguished Professor of Medieval History and Chair of the History Department at the University of Akron. Among her many books are "Every Valley Shall Be Exalted": The Discourse of Opposites in Twelfth-Century Thought and "Strong of Body, Brave and Noble": Chivalry and Society in Medieval France, also from Cornell, and The Cartulary of Montier-en-Der, 666-1129.
