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Family clans in the Middle Ages: A study of political and social structures in urban areas
Hardcover without jacket; extremities lightly worn; item slightly cocked. All text is clear, and pages are clean throughout. TS
266 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1977
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Jacques Heers
54 books9 followersJacques Heers was a French historian specializing in the history of the Middle Ages, Professor at the Faculty of Humanities of Paris-Nanterre and Director of Medieval Studies at Paris IV.
Born in Paris, Jacques Heers was raised in La Ferte-Bernard in the Sarthe, where his parents ran a business. After a good academic career, he became a teacher in 1945. While performing this function, he prepared for a degree in history at the Sorbonne. He aggregated in history in 1948 and 1949. Between 1949 and 1951, he became a professor at Le Mans and Alencon, and finally at the national military academy.
From 1951 he was attached to the CNRS. There he met Fernand Braudel who sent him to Italy to prepare a state doctorate dedicated to Genoa in the fifteenth century. He defended his thesis at the Sorbonne in 1958. Upon his return to Italy, he became assistant to Georges Duby in the Faculty of Arts in Aix-en-Provence. In 1957 he was appointed professor at the University of Algiers a function he held for five years until 1962. Thereafter, he worked as a professor at Caen, Rouen, Paris X University and the Sorbonne.
Honorary Professor of the University of Paris IV, where he held many years the chair of medieval history, he was vice president of the SHMESP (Society of Medievalists of Public Education) from 1971 to 1973. In retirement, Jacques Heers, outside of writing and research, was often present in radio programs.
Born in Paris, Jacques Heers was raised in La Ferte-Bernard in the Sarthe, where his parents ran a business. After a good academic career, he became a teacher in 1945. While performing this function, he prepared for a degree in history at the Sorbonne. He aggregated in history in 1948 and 1949. Between 1949 and 1951, he became a professor at Le Mans and Alencon, and finally at the national military academy.
From 1951 he was attached to the CNRS. There he met Fernand Braudel who sent him to Italy to prepare a state doctorate dedicated to Genoa in the fifteenth century. He defended his thesis at the Sorbonne in 1958. Upon his return to Italy, he became assistant to Georges Duby in the Faculty of Arts in Aix-en-Provence. In 1957 he was appointed professor at the University of Algiers a function he held for five years until 1962. Thereafter, he worked as a professor at Caen, Rouen, Paris X University and the Sorbonne.
Honorary Professor of the University of Paris IV, where he held many years the chair of medieval history, he was vice president of the SHMESP (Society of Medievalists of Public Education) from 1971 to 1973. In retirement, Jacques Heers, outside of writing and research, was often present in radio programs.
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January 26, 2022
Con un marcado enfoque en la Italia bajomedieval, Heers propone, en una obra ya clásica para sus más de cuarenta años traducida, replantear el rol de la familia en la sociedad del periodo.
Al momento de analizar, por ejemplo, los denominados "levantamientos populares" desarrollados en la Baja Edad Media, Heers se aleja de la mirada neomarxista y analiza cómo los conflictos no fueron unívoca y estrictamente verticales (de dominantes a dominados), sino que hubieron muchos se produjeron en ámbitos horizontales (es decir, entre dominantes y dominantes).
La lectura, a pesar de los tecnicismos, es llevadera y adecuada y la traducción cumple su tarea. La obra de Heers seguirá siendo uno de los estandartes de la historia social bajomedieval.
Al momento de analizar, por ejemplo, los denominados "levantamientos populares" desarrollados en la Baja Edad Media, Heers se aleja de la mirada neomarxista y analiza cómo los conflictos no fueron unívoca y estrictamente verticales (de dominantes a dominados), sino que hubieron muchos se produjeron en ámbitos horizontales (es decir, entre dominantes y dominantes).
La lectura, a pesar de los tecnicismos, es llevadera y adecuada y la traducción cumple su tarea. La obra de Heers seguirá siendo uno de los estandartes de la historia social bajomedieval.
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