Montaillou: The World-Famous Portrait Of Life In A Medieval Village
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A landmark work of historical anthropology, Montaillou reconstructs the intimate daily life of a remote 14th-century French village through the extraordinary records of the Inquisition conducted by Bishop Jacques Fournier. Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie draws on thousands of pages of testimony to present a vivid portrait of medieval peasant society — its beliefs, loves, rivalries, and heresies — with the precision of a sociologist and the narrative flair of a storyteller. The book chronicles the lives of shepherds, farmers, priests, and women caught up in the Cathar heresy, illuminating the textures of a world largely invisible to conventional history. Celebrated as a masterpiece of the Annales school of historiography, it argues compellingly that the voices of ordinary people are as historically significant as those of kings and conquerors. First published in France in 1975, it remains one of the most widely read and admired works of social history ever written.
Montaillou: The World-Famous Portrait Of Life In A Medieval Village
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner.
A landmark work of historical anthropology, Montaillou reconstructs the intimate daily life of a remote 14th-century French village through the extraordinary records of the Inquisition conducted by Bishop Jacques Fournier. Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie draws on thousands of pages of testimony to present a vivid portrait of medieval peasant society — its beliefs, loves, rivalries, and heresies — with the precision of a sociologist and the narrative flair of a storyteller. The book chronicles the lives of shepherds, farmers, priests, and women caught up in the Cathar heresy, illuminating the textures of a world largely invisible to conventional history. Celebrated as a masterpiece of the Annales school of historiography, it argues compellingly that the voices of ordinary people are as historically significant as those of kings and conquerors. First published in France in 1975, it remains one of the most widely read and admired works of social history ever written.
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner.
A landmark work of historical anthropology, Montaillou reconstructs the intimate daily life of a remote 14th-century French village through the extraordinary records of the Inquisition conducted by Bishop Jacques Fournier. Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie draws on thousands of pages of testimony to present a vivid portrait of medieval peasant society — its beliefs, loves, rivalries, and heresies — with the precision of a sociologist and the narrative flair of a storyteller. The book chronicles the lives of shepherds, farmers, priests, and women caught up in the Cathar heresy, illuminating the textures of a world largely invisible to conventional history. Celebrated as a masterpiece of the Annales school of historiography, it argues compellingly that the voices of ordinary people are as historically significant as those of kings and conquerors. First published in France in 1975, it remains one of the most widely read and admired works of social history ever written.
