feudalism: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Elizabeth A.R. Brown, “The Tyranny of a Construct: Feudalism and Historians of Medieval Europe,” The American Historical Review, 79(4): 1063–88 (October 1974), is a foundational work. F.L. Ganshof, Feudalism, 3rd ed. (1964, reissued 1996; originally published in French, 2nd ed., 1947), is a traditional treatment. Marc Bloch, Feudal Society, 2 vol. (1961, reprinted 2014; originally published in French, 2 vol., 1939–40), is a classic study that defines feudalism as encompassing all aspects of society. Susan Reynolds, Fiefs and Vassals: The Medieval Evidence (1994, reprinted 2001), provides the most-complete critique of the concept. Thomas N. Bisson (ed.), Cultures of Power: Lordship, Status, and Process in Twelfth-Century Europe (1995); Otto Brunner, Land and Lordship: Structures of Governance in Medieval Austria (1992; originally published in German, 4th rev. ed., 1959); and Guy Fourquin, Lordship and Feudalism in the Middle Ages (1976; originally published in French, 1970), are important studies of lordship and the relations between lords and their subjects that employ the traditional constructs. Useful considerations of “bastard feudalism” are P.R. Cross, “Bastard Feudalism Revised,” Past and Present, 125: 27–64 (November 1989); and Michael Hicks, Bastard Feudalism (1995). Other informative studies include Jean Dunbabin, France in the Making, 843–1180, 2nd ed. (2000); Malcolm Todd, The Early Germans, 2nd ed. (2004); and Emilie Amt (ed.), Medieval England, 1000–1500: A Reader, 2nd ed. (2008).

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Add new Web site: CORE - The Idea of Feudalism. May 27, 2024
Add new Web site: Dallas Baptist University - Medieval Resources - The "Feudalism" Model: Its Limits. Apr 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Feudalism. Jan 25, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Feudalism: the history of an idea. Aug 09, 2023
Add new Web site: Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine - Feudalism. Jun 30, 2023
Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - Feudalism. May 16, 2023
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Feudal system during the Middle Ages. Apr 06, 2023
Corrected display issue. Feb 12, 2021
Media added. Oct 29, 2020
Add new Web site: BBC Bitesize - The feudal system and the Domesday Book. Dec 13, 2019
Add new Web site: BBC Bitesize - The feudal system and the Domesday Book. Dec 13, 2019
Media added. Aug 20, 2019
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Feudalism. Jan 10, 2019
Corrected display issue. Dec 15, 2017
Add new Web site: Kids Past.com - Feudalism Develops in Europe. Oct 11, 2017
Add new Web site: History World - History of Feudalism. Nov 11, 2016
Media added. Feb 05, 2016
Bibliography revised. Feb 05, 2016
Add new Web site: The History Learning Site - Feudalism. Feb 14, 2014
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Feudalism and Manorialism. Feb 14, 2014
Add new Web site: Quatr.us Study Guides - What is Feudalism? Feb 14, 2014
Add new Web site: World History International - Feudal System. Jul 24, 2012
Add new Web site: Middle Ages for Kids - Feudalism Pyramid. Aug 09, 2010
Add new Web site: ThinkQuest - The Feudal Structure of The Medieval World. Aug 09, 2010
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Feudalism. Nov 05, 2008
Added new Web site: Dr. L. Kip Wheeler - Feudalism. Oct 24, 2008
Added new Web site: Learner.org - Feudal Life. Oct 24, 2008
Added new Web site: History on the net - Medieval Life Feudalism. Oct 20, 2008
Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Feudalism. Jul 18, 2008
New bibliography added. Jul 20, 2007
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Media added. Jan 25, 2007
Article revised. Apr 05, 2002
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