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Belongs to Publisher SeriesGallimard, Les journées qui ont fait la France (27-07-1214) Gallimard, Trente journées qui ont fait la France (5, 27-07-1214)
Georges Duby: "Der Sonntag von Bouvines". 27. Juli 1214. A. d. Franz. v. Grete Osterwald. Wagenbach Verlag, Berlin 1988. 206 S., kt., 36,- DM No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)944.023History and Geography Europe France and region France Capet and Valois 987-1589 Philip II 1180-1223; Louis VIII 1223-26; Louis IX 1226-70 ; XIIIth CenturyLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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However, while all those things are positives for the book, the major negative was how Duby's structured his book from beginning to end. Duby's chooses to begin his book with the actual battle itself with political background interlaced throughout the account. Then after the battle he starts shaping the social and cultural worlds in which the historical players came from then referring back to sections of the battle a particular point can be shown in action. It wasn't until the end of the book which Duby's then discussed the "Legend" of this battle to conclude his book.
While all the information that Duby's research and prose brought forward was excellent, it lost a lot of it's impact with how he decided to give structure to his text. Whether it is because the time at which this book was published (1973) or the historiographical conventions of the French, I do not know, but many days to found myself losing concentration on the text. I can only recommend this book to more academically inclined historians. ( )