Culture, Power and Personality in Medieval France

Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Bibliography......Page 11
John F. Benton......Page 13
Introduction......Page 14
Abbreviations......Page 20
PART I: LETTERS AND LOVE......Page 22
1 The Court of Champagne as a Literary Center......Page 24
2 Nicolas of Clairvaux and the Twelfth-Century Sequence, with Special Reference to Adam of St. Victor......Page 66
3 Nicolas de Clairvaux à la recherche du vin d\'Auxerre, d\'après une lettre inédite du Xlle siècle......Page 98
4 The Evidence of Andreas Capellanus Re-examined Again......Page 102
5 Qui étaient les parents de Jacques de Vitry?......Page 110
6 Clio and Venus: a Historical View of Medieval Love......Page 120
7 An Abusive Letter of Nicolas de Clairvaux for a Bishop of Auxerre, Possibly Blessed Hugh of Mâcon......Page 144
8 Theocratic History in Fourteenth-century France: the Liber bellorum domini......Page 150
9 \'Nostre Franceis n\'unt talent de fuïr\': the Song of Roland and the Enculturation of a Warrior Class......Page 168
10 Collaborative Approaches to Fantasy and Reality in the Literature of Champagne......Page 188
PART II: MONEY AND POWER IN FRANCE AND CHAMPAGNE......Page 202
11 The Revenue of Louis VII......Page 204
12 Philip the Fair and the Jours de Troyes......Page 212
13 The accounts of Cepperello da Prato for the Tax on nouveaux acquêts in the Bailliage of Troyes......Page 276
14 Written Records and the Development of Systematic Feudal Relations......Page 296
PART III: SELF AND INDIVIDUALITY......Page 312
15 The Personality of Guibert de Nogent......Page 314
16 Individualism and Conformity in Medieval Western Europe......Page 334
17 Consciousness of Self and Perceptions of Individuality......Page 348
18 Les entrées dans la vie: étapes d\'une croissance ou rites d\'initiation......Page 382
19 Trotula, Women\'s Problems, and the Professionalization of Medicine in the Middle Ages......Page 388
20 Suger\'s Life and Personality......Page 412
PART IV: ABAELARDIANA......Page 434
21 The Paraclete and the Council of Rouen of 1231......Page 436
22 Fraud, Fiction and Borrowing in the Correspondence of Abelard and Heloise......Page 442
23 Philology\'s Search for Abelard in the Metamorphosis Goliae......Page 480
24 A Reconsideration of the Authenticity of the Correspondence of Abelard and Heloise......Page 500
25 The Correspondence of Abelard and Heloise......Page 512
B......Page 538
E......Page 539
H......Page 540
M......Page 541
P......Page 542
S......Page 543
Z......Page 544