Medieval France. An Encyclopedia

[Vols. 1–8 contain Book 1 with variants; Vols. 9–11, Book 2 with variants; Vols. 12–15, most of Book 3 (up to 1389). This “nati ...

well-known letter to Duke William V of Aquitaine, his long-time benefactor, Fulbert explains the meaning of the feudal oath. But ...

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G GAB . A word from Old Norse gabba meaning originally “to mock, to sneer; a mockery, an insult,” it became famous through its p ...

resources, salt became an important source of royal revenue after Philip VI’s ordinance of March 16, 1341, ordered seizure of sa ...

GACE DE LA BUIGNE (1305?–1384?). First chaplain of John II the Good, whom he followed into captivity in England, Gace composed t ...

began to replace the gage contract after ecclesiastical condemnation; in the Midi, the use of the mort-gage continued, although ...

count, and thus probably a clerk in minor orders rather than a priest or canon. He wrote his first version on wax tablets, then ...

A prose version survives in Arsenal 3351 (15th c.) and in an incunabulum of 1521 by Jehan Trepperel; there also exist two prose ...

anticipating the complete romanization of the liturgy that would be in effect by the 9th century. Only one source describes in d ...

authority directly from God, that they held a unique position of independence within Christendom, and that royal temporal concer ...

single manuscript (B.N. fr. 19139) along with lyric poems by Alain Chartier and Garencières’s friend and protector, Charles d’Or ...

GASCONY . Gascony, a large province in southwestern France north of the Pyrénées, had almost nothing to do with northern France ...

Mont, and Sainte-Foide-Morlaas. Many northern Europeans came to know Gascony because the northern pilgrimage routes to Santiago ...

Historical documents suggest that he was neither poor nor plebeian. In his far-flung wanderings across France, in Italy, to Hung ...

GAUTIER . See also WALTER GAUTIER D’ARRAS . A contemporary and rival of Chrétien de Troyes, Gautier d’Arras identifies himself i ...

to the post of seneschal and marriage with Galeron. When Ille subsequently loses an eye (in a tournament according to one manusc ...

GAUTIER D’AUPAIS (fl. early 13th c.). The author of Gautier d’Aupais, an 876-line tale from the first half of the 13th century i ...

modern critics to this material range from enthusiasm to hostility but depend largely on their appreciation of the genre rather ...

GAUTIER DE VARINFROY (fl. 13th c.). In October 1253, the bishop and chapter of Meaux appointed Gautier de Varinfroy master mason ...