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- catalog abstract ""Consisting of 154 surviving chapters, Lambert's chronicle is just one of many local genealogies produced in Flanders during the high Middle Ages. It is extraordinarily rich and idiosyncratic, however, in its treatment of two competing families, longtime rivals until they were joined by marriage in the mid-twelfth century. In the first 96 chapters, Lambert, priest of the church of Ardres, traces the lineage of the counts of Guines from the seventh century to the present. Suddenly, narrative control is supposedly wrested away by the garrulous Walter LeClud, illegitimate son of Baldwin of Ardres, who tells the history of the other family for the next fifth chapters. At that point, Lambert's voice is finally restored, with an account of the now combined holdings of Guines and Ardres. With two story tellers recounting some of the same events from two different perspectives, the history is a particularly useful source for probing the medieval aristocratic family and aristocratic attitudes."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b11947911.
- catalog contributor b11947912.
- catalog coverage "Ardres (France) Genealogy.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Consisting of 154 surviving chapters, Lambert's chronicle is just one of many local genealogies produced in Flanders during the high Middle Ages. It is extraordinarily rich and idiosyncratic, however, in its treatment of two competing families, longtime rivals until they were joined by marriage in the mid-twelfth century. In the first 96 chapters, Lambert, priest of the church of Ardres, traces the lineage of the counts of Guines from the seventh century to the present. Suddenly, narrative control is supposedly wrested away by the garrulous Walter LeClud, illegitimate son of Baldwin of Ardres, who tells the history of the other family for the next fifth chapters.".
- catalog description "At that point, Lambert's voice is finally restored, with an account of the now combined holdings of Guines and Ardres. With two story tellers recounting some of the same events from two different perspectives, the history is a particularly useful source for probing the medieval aristocratic family and aristocratic attitudes."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-253) and index.".
- catalog extent "279 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0812235681 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "The Middle Ages series".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,".
- catalog spatial "Ardres (France) Genealogy.".
- catalog spatial "France Ardres".
- catalog subject "929.7/4 21".
- catalog subject "Ardres family.".
- catalog subject "DC801.A677 L36 2000".
- catalog subject "Guines, Counts of.".
- catalog subject "Nobility France Ardres History To 1500.".
- catalog title "The history of the counts of Guines and lords of Ardres / Lambert of Ardres ; translated with an introduction by Leah Shopkow.".
- catalog type "Genealogy. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".