Medieval Callings

Le Goff, Jacques (Ed.); Cochrane, Lydia G. (Transl.)

ISBN 10: 0226470865 / ISBN 13: 9780226470863

Published by University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 1990

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First edition, hardcover, has a very minor lean to the binding, very slight bumps to spine ends and cover corners, a touch of bowing to the covers, and faint soiling to fore edge of text block that does not bleed to pages edges, otherwise a solid, bright VG copy in a VG+ dust jacket, which has very minor wear to spine ends and corners, and faint sunning to the spine. Jacket is wrapped in a removable Mylar cover.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Medieval Callings
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226470865
• ISBN 13: 9780226470863
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Seller catalogs:
  • European History

About this title

Synopsis

These essays by eleven internationally renowned historians present nuanced profiles of the major social and professional groups—the callings-of the Middle Ages.

The contributors focus on attitudes of medieval men and women toward their own society. Through a variety of techniques, from a reading of the Song of Roland to a reading of administrative records, they identify characteristic viewpoints of members of the fighting class, the clergy, and the peasantry. Along with vivid descriptions of what life was like for warrior knights, monks, high churchmen, criminals, lepers, shepherds, and prostitutes, this innovative approach offers a valuable new perspective on the complex social dynamics of feudal Europe.

"Very useful discussions of texts, both learned and literary."—Christopher Dyer, Times Literary Supplement

Contributors: Mariateresa Fumagalli Beonio Brocchieri, Franco Cardini, Enrico Castelnuovo, Giovanni Cherubini, Bronislaw Geremek, Aron Ja. Gurevich, Christiane Klapisch-Zuber, Jacques Le Goff, Giovanni Miccoli, Jacques Rossiaud, and André Vauchez.

About the Authors

Jacques Le Goff (1927-2014) was a prominent French historian and medievalist. He was a key proponent of the Annales school of historical analysis, which emphasizes longterm social history over political or military themes. He argued that the Middle Ages were a distinct form of civilization, substantively different from both the classsical and modern worlds.

Lydia G. Cochrane has translated numerous books for the University of Chicago Press.