Robert Fossier | Author

About the Author

Robert Fossier is professor emeritus of medieval history at the Sorbonne. He is the author of many books on medieval history and the editor of The Cambridge History of the Middle Ages.

Includes the names: Foss'e R., Robert Fossier, Robert Fossier, Robert Fossier, Ed., Робер Фосие

Image credit: Robert Fossier en 2010

Series

Histoire du Moyen Age, Historiques, Complexe

Enfance de l'Europe, aspects économiques et sociaux

The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages

Works by Robert Fossier

Popular Recent

The Axe and the Oath: Ordinary Life in the Middle Ages (2007) — Author — 232 copies

The Middle Ages 350 - 950 (1982) — Editor — 136 copies

The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages: Volume III, 1250-1520 (1982) — Editor — 108 copies

The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages: Volume II, 950-1250 (1982) — Editor — 105 copies

The Village & House in the Middle Ages (1980) — Author — 29 copies

The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages 3 Volume Hardback Set (1982) 25 copies

Il lavoro nel Medioevo (2000) — Author — 17 copies

Peasant life in the medieval West (1984) — Author — 12 copies

La infancia de Europa. Aspectos económicos y sociales: 2/ Estructuras y problemas (1982) 10 copies

La infancia de Europa. Aspectos económicos y sociales: 1/ El hombre y su espacio (1982) — Author — 8 copies

La société médiévale (1991) — Author — 6 copies

L'Occident médiéval Ve-XIIIe siècle (1995) — Author — 5 copies

Histoire du Moyen Age : Tome 2, (Xe-XIe siècles) (2005) — Author — 4 copies

Histoire du Moyen Age : Tome 3, (XIIe-XIIIe siècles) (2005) — Author — 3 copies

Histoire du Moyen Age : Tome 4, (XIIIe-XVe siècles) (2005) — Author — 2 copies

Hommes et villages d'Occident au moyen age (1992) — Author — 2 copies

La terre et les hommes en picardie jusqu'a la fin du XIIIe siecle (1987) 1 copy

Histoire de la Picardie (1974) 1 copy

Cartulaire-chronique du prieuré Saint-Georges d'Hesdin (2001) 1 copy

Sources d'histoire économique et sociale (2000) 1 copy

Chartres de coutume en Picardie XIe - XIIIe siècles 1 copy

La petite enfance dans l'Europe médiévale et moderne: actes des XVIes Journées… (1997) — Editor; Contributor — 1 copy

Histoire sociale de l'Occident médiéval (1970) — Author — 1 copy

Histoire du Moyen Age : Tome 5, (XVe-XVIe siècles) (2005) — Author — 1 copy

Les relations entre pays d'islam et monde latin du Xe au XIIIe siècle (2000) — Author — 1 copy

Oamenii Evului Mediu 1 copy

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Associated Works

The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 4, c.1024-c.1198, Part 1 (1752) — Contributor — 80 copies

The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 3, c. 900–c. 1024 (2000) — Contributor — 75 copies

A History of the Family, Volume I: Distant Worlds, Ancient Worlds (1986) — Contributor — 39 copies

La France romane au temps des premiers capétiens (987-1152) : Paris, Musée du Louvre, 10 mars-6 juin 2005 (2005) — Editor — 9 copies

Autour du "village": établissements humains, finages et communautés rurales entre Seine et Rhin,… (2011) — Contributor — 2 copies

La coutume au village dans l'Europe médiévale et moderne: actes des XXes Journées… (2001) — Contributor — 2 copies

Villages et villageois au Moyen Age (Série histoire ancienne et médiévale) (French Edition) (1992) — Contributor — 2 copies

L'espace rural au Moyen âge: Portugal, Espagne, France, XIIe-XIVe siècle: mélanges en… (2002) — Contributor — 2 copies

Les Ordres militaires, la vie rurale et le peuplement en Europe occidentale: XIIe-XVIIIe siècles (1986) — Contributor — 1 copy

L'HOMME ET LA NATURE AU MOYEN AGE. Paléoenvironnement des sociétés occidentales, Actes du Ve… (1996) — Contributor — 1 copy

Les Communautés villageoises: en Europe occidentale, du Moyen âge aux temps modernes (1984) — Contributor — 1 copy

L'artisan au village dans l'Europe médiévale et moderne: actes des XIXes Journées… (2001) — Contributor — 1 copy

Toponymie et défrichements médiévaux et modernes, en Europe occidentale et centrale (1988) — Contributor — 1 copy

Endettement paysan & crédit rural dans l'Europe médiévale et moderne: actes des XVIIes… (1998) — Contributor — 1 copy

L'Économie cistercienne: géographie, mutations: du Moyen Age aux Temps modernes (1983) — Contributor — 1 copy

Foires et marchés dans les campagnes de l'Europe médiévale et moderne: actes des XIVes… (1996) — Contributor — 1 copy

Moulins et meuniers dans les campagnes européennes: IXe-XVIIIe siècle: actes des XXIes Journées… (2002) — Introduction — 1 copy

Le Paysan d'Occident au Moyen Age (1972) — Révision de la bibliographie, some editions — 1 copy

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Legal name: Fossier, Robert Marcel
Birthdate: 1927-09-04
Date of death: 2012-05-25
Gender: male
Nationality: France
Country (for map): France
Birthplace: Le Vésinet, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
Place of death: Meudon, France
Cause of death: Naturelle (Vieillesse)
Education: École Nationale des Chartes, Paris, France
Occupations: archivist
teacher
academic
historian
Relationships: Bloch, Marc (Filiation spirituelle)
Organizations: Sorbonne
École nationale des chartes
Awards and honors: CNRS Gold Medal (1971)

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Reviews

Histoire de la Picardie by Robert Fossier

L'histoire de la Picardie, de la préhistoire jusqu'aux années 1980. Cette collection d'essais offre un aperçu général de l'histoire de cette région de France. Cependant, le manque de citations et une approche plutôt datée limitent son utilité.

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siriaeve | Nov 24, 2023 |

The Axe and the Oath: Ordinary Life in the Middle Ages by Robert Fossier

odd historical work about medieval France

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ritaer | 2 other reviews | Jul 23, 2021 |

The Axe and the Oath: Ordinary Life in the Middle Ages by Robert Fossier

Skip this one. I very nearly didn't get beyond the preface, where the author writes "One last word: I have borrowed nearly everything from others, and I do not cite them." There are no citations at all, no bibliography, not even an essay on selected sources. I decided to read on, though ... and shouldn't have. No good from start to finish, and the last few lines are just about as bad as the first ("Simplistic for the erudite, confusing for the student, obscure for the non-reader? I don't know; I felt like saying all this, and that is enough"). GAH.… (more)

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JBD1 | 2 other reviews | Dec 22, 2014 |

The Axe and the Oath : Ordinary Life in the Middle… by Robert Fossier

I bought this book based on the description and blurbs on the back. When I began to read it, I found something more like a philosophical examination of some kind of generic types than a description of "ordinary like in the Middle Ages". It was a total waste of money, in my opinion. I have other books that actually deserve the subtitle. This one does not, in my opinion, but there are obviously people who like this sort of thing.

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