Given France's role in European history and the events that took place there during the Middle Ages, it's surprising that there are so few surveys of French history during this period. In that respect, it's fortunate that Georges Duby's is as good as it is. In it he provides a survey of French socia...
Good Information, Bad Structure I bought Georges Duby's The Legend of Bouvines to learn about the impact this battle had on the history of France. Duby's does excellent work in bring out knowledge from the sources concerning the battle and giving an as accurate detail of the battle that he could. ...
Good as an introduction to some ideas about women in this period, but too monolithic in its thesis.
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