Medieval Silesia - Rossignol, Sébastien

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Résumé :

List of Figures and Maps

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part 1: Silesia in the high Middle Ages (eleventh to thirteenth century)

Chapter 1: A region at crossroads

Silesia's origins in a European context - Rulers over Silesia - Society and culture

Chapter 2: Dukes and duchesses

Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries - Silesian dukes and duchesses in the thirteenth century - Ruling the Silesian duchies

Chapter 3: Connections of courtly culture.

European aristocracy and chivalric culture - Nobility and knighthood - Literacy and the nobility - Chivalric literature - Chivalric lifestyle

Chapter 4: The Silesian church and the Jewish community

Changes in Christian society - Spiritual and secular authority - Jurisdiction over Jews - Churches and schools - Monasteries and convents - Documents and books - History writing, hagiography, and scholarship

Chapter 5: Peasant society in an age of transformation

Agricultural economy in high medieval Europe - Silesian peasants and Polish law - An era of innovation - Lords and peasants

Chapter 6: Urbanization in a changing society

Urbanization in the European high Middle Ages - Chartered towns: the law of Magdeburg - Urban population - Municipal administration - Town life and urban culture

Part 2: Silesia in the late Middle Ages (fourteenth and fifteenth centuries).

Chapter 7: Silesia and the crown of Bohemia

Late medieval crises - Silesia and the House of Luxembourg - The Hussites and Silesia - Governance in the late Middle Ages

Chapter 8: Courtly culture in Silesia and Europe

Chivalry in late medieval Europe - The courts - Late medieval chivalry

Chapter 9: Churches, monasteries, and synagogues

Crises and renewal in the late Middle Ages - The bishops of Wroc?aw - Religious institutions in transition - Higher education - Book culture and art

Chapter 10: Peasant society - continuity and crisis

Late medieval challenges - Lords and the land - Villagers - Peasant culture

Chapter 11: Towns in developing networks

Towns and markets in late medieval Europe - Urbanization in late medieval Silesia - Merchants and artisans - Town life - Late medieval challenges - Jews and the municipal councils - Urban culture and society

Chapter 12: Towards the modern age

An era of change - The Habsburgs - The Reformation - Jews - New forms of domination - Urbanization and trade

Conclusion

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