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Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie; trans. Barbara Bray.
Montaillou: Cathars and Catholics in a French Village 1294-1324.
Published London: Scolar Press, 1978 reprint (previously issued 1978).
ISBN 0859674037.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: W. & J. Mackay, Chatham.
Size: 165x240x35mm.
Page count: xvii,383pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: the dustjacket on this copy is ragged at the edges & discoloured on the spine; page edges somewhat grubby and yellowed with age; text appears to be free of marking.

This item £8.00
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[Penguin paperback in print at £10.99]
Weight without packaging: 575g.

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Contents:
1. Ecology — the house & the shepherd: Environment & authority; The domus; A dominant house — Clergue family; Shepherds; Great migrations; Life of shepherds in the Pyrenees; Shepherd’s mental outlook;
2. Archaeology of Montaillou — from body language to myth: Body language & sex; Libido of the Clergues; Temporary unions; Marriage & love; Marriage & condition of women; Childhood & other ages in life; Death in Montaillou; Cultural exchanges; Social relationships; Concepts of time & space; Fate, magic & salvation; Religion in practice; Morality, wealth & labour; Magic & the other world.

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: 1
Illustrations: illustrated endpapers
Maps & plans: 3
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 2pp
Indexes: Main families of Montaillou; Peasants listed in family tables.


See also | France | Cathars |
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