Georges Duby’s Mâconnais after fifty years
Reading it then and now
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11891993 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fredric L Cheyette (Amherst College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 291-317 |
| Publication date | 2002-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Medieval History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0304-4181 • E-ISSN: 1873-1279 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1016/s0304-4181(02)00021-0 |
| OpenAlex | W2029286383 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
Georges Duby’s La société aux XIe et XIIe siècles dans la région mâconnaise was the foundation stone of the major school of French medieval social history in the last generation. This article reflects on the reasons for its historiographical importance at the time, and especially the narrative of the ‘feudal revolution’ that it is largely responsible for generating. Returning to Duby’s database, the charters of Cluny and of St Vincent of Mâcon, it reconsiders Duby’s portrayal of tenth century society in the Mâconnais and concludes that there is no basis in that evidence for any ‘mutation’ or ‘revolutionary’ social change occurring around the year 1000
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Feudalism · Historiography · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Medieval Literature and History
| Citations per year | 0.32 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2020 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |