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Fossier The Axe and the Oath

Ordinary Life in the Middle Ages
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-3614-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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Ordinary Life in the Middle Ages

E-Book, Englisch, 400 Seiten

ISBN: 978-1-4008-3614-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)



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Preface ix

Part One: MAN AND THE WORLD

Chapter 1: Naked Man 3

A Fragile Creature 3

An Ungainly Being 3

Fairly Content with Himself 5

But Are There Nonetheless Nuances? 8

But a Threatened Creature 11

Does Man Really Know Himself? 11

"Abnormal" Assaults on Man 16

The Illness That Lies in Wait 19

The Black Death 23

Can Those Men Be Counted? 27

Chapter 2: The Ages of Life 37

From the Child to the Man 38

Expecting a Baby 38 When the Child Arrives 41 "Childhoods" 44

The Child in the Midst of the Family 48

Man in His Private Life 51

As Time Goes By 52

Nourishing the Body 59

The Shaping of Taste 67 Adorning the Body 69

Man, Woman, and the Others 77

The Two Sexes Face-to-Face 78

Sexual Concerns 82

Living by the Fire and by the Pot 87

The Chains of Marriage 91

. And Their Locks 96

Kin 102

. And "Relations" 107

The Workplace 108

The House 109

. And What Was Found in the House 115

Man Is Born to Toil 117

But What Work? 121

And Tools? 127

The End of Life 131

The Elderly 132

The "Passage" 136

After Death 139

Chapter 3: Nature 145

The Weather 145

The Paleo-Environment 146

What Did They See or Feel? 149

Fire and Water 154

Fire, the Symbol of Life and Death 154

Saving and Beneficent Water 157

The Sea, Horrible and a Temptress 160

The Products of the Earth 164

Mastering the Soil 165

Making the Earth Render 168

Grasses and Vines 171

The Trees and the Forest 175

The Forest, Overwhelming and Sacred 175

The Forest, Necessary and Nourishing 180

And the People of the Forest? 183

Chapter 4: And the Animals? 186

Man and Beast 187

Fear and Disgust 187

Respect and Affection 189

Knowing and Understanding 194

What Are the Beasts? 195

Penetrating This World 198

Utilize and Destroy 202

The Services of the Beast 203

Killing: Man's Job 208

A Contrasting Balance Sheet 215

Part Two: MAN IN HIMSELF

Chapter 5: Man in Himself 223

Living in a Group 224

Why Come Together? 225

How to Assemble? 229

Where to Gather? 235

Laughter and Games 246

Precautions and Deviations 252

Order and the "Orders" 254

Peace and Honor 260

Law and Power 265

Gaps 276

And People from Elsewhere 285

Chapter 6: Knowledge 292

The Innate 293

Memory 293

The Imaginary 298

Measurement 303

Acquisitions 310

Act, Image, Word 312

Writing 317

What to Learn? 323

And Where? 329

Expression 335

Who Wrote and What Did They Write? 336

For Whom and Why Did Authors Write? 341

The Artist's Part 343

Chapter 7: And the Soul 348

Good and Evil 350

The End of Dualism 351

Virtue and Temptation 356

Sin and Pardon 362

Faith and Salvation 365

Dogma and the Rites of Medieval Christian Faith 366

The Church 371

The Other World 376

Conclusion 382


Robert Fossier (1927–2012) was professor emeritus of medieval history at the Sorbonne. He was the author of many books on medieval history and the editor of The Cambridge History of the Middle Ages.



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