Knights, Lords, and Ladies (Web PDF) von John W. Baldwin

In his final book, the distinguished historian John Baldwin argues that the aristocrats who inhabited the region of Paris over the turn of the twelfth century were important not only because they contributed to Philip Augustus's increase of royal power but also for their own establishment as an elite and powerful social class.

List of Illustrations
Foreword, William Chester Jordan
List of Abbreviations and Short Titles

Chapter 1. In Search of Aristocrats
Chapter 2. Who's Who
Chapter 3. Family
Chapter 4. Aristocratic Castles and Residences
Chapter 5. Fiefs and Homage: The Nomina militum and Scripta de feodis
Chapter 6. The Landed Wealth of Lay Aristocrats
Chapter 7. The Landed Wealth of Churches and Monasteries
Chapter 8. The Kingdom of Heaven
Chapter 9. The Voice of Vernacular French
Chapter 10. Knights at the Cathedral of Chartres
Appendix 1. Tables
Appendix 2. Genealogies

Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments