Georges Duby (October 7, 1919 - December 3, 1996) was a French historian specializing in the social and economic history of the Middle Ages. He ranks among the most influential medieval historians of the twentieth century and was one of France's most prominent public intellectuals from the 1970s until his death in 1996.

• Abbreviations Preface 1 Medieval Society 2 The Evolution of Judicial Institutions 3 Lineage, Nobility and Knighthood 4 The History and Sociology of the Medieval West 5 The Origins of a System of Social Classification 6 The Nobility in Medieval France 7 Youth in Aristocratic Society 8 Laity and the Peace of God 9 The Structure of Kinship and Nobility 10 French Genealogical Literature 11 The Origins of Knighthood 12 The Diffusion of Cultural Patterns in Feudal Society 13 The Transformation of the Aristocracy 14 The Manor and the Peasant Economy 15 The History of Systems of Values Sources Index

Georges Duby (October 7, 1919 - December 3, 1996) was a French historian specializing in the social and economic history of the Middle Ages. He ranks among the most influential medieval historians of the twentieth century and was one of France's most prominent public intellectuals from the 1970s until his death in 1996.

• Abbreviations Preface 1 Medieval Society 2 The Evolution of Judicial Institutions 3 Lineage, Nobility and Knighthood 4 The History and Sociology of the Medieval West 5 The Origins of a System of Social Classification 6 The Nobility in Medieval France 7 Youth in Aristocratic Society 8 Laity and the Peace of God 9 The Structure of Kinship and Nobility 10 French Genealogical Literature 11 The Origins of Knighthood 12 The Diffusion of Cultural Patterns in Feudal Society 13 The Transformation of the Aristocracy 14 The Manor and the Peasant Economy 15 The History of Systems of Values Sources Index

Georges Duby (October 7, 1919 - December 3, 1996) was a French historian specializing in the social and economic history of the Middle Ages. He ranks among the most influential medieval historians of the twentieth century and was one of France's most prominent public intellectuals from the 1970s until his death in 1996.

• Abbreviations Preface 1 Medieval Society 2 The Evolution of Judicial Institutions 3 Lineage, Nobility and Knighthood 4 The History and Sociology of the Medieval West 5 The Origins of a System of Social Classification 6 The Nobility in Medieval France 7 Youth in Aristocratic Society 8 Laity and the Peace of God 9 The Structure of Kinship and Nobility 10 French Genealogical Literature 11 The Origins of Knighthood 12 The Diffusion of Cultural Patterns in Feudal Society 13 The Transformation of the Aristocracy 14 The Manor and the Peasant Economy 15 The History of Systems of Values Sources Index