"Susan Reynolds" by John G. H. Hudson and David L. d'Avray
 

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2022

Abstract

Susan Reynolds was elected to the British Academy after she had worked out a new framework for the medieval history of England, France, Germany and northern Italy. The breakthrough book was her Kingdoms and Communities in Western Europe 900–1300 (1984); it brought all levels of society together in a synthesis, and was a stunning achievement. Her subsequent Fiefs and Vassals (Oxford, 1994) left a generation reluctant even to use the word ‘feudalism’, and other important contributions continued until not long before she died. In 2001 she was honoured with a Festschrift entitled Law, Laity and Solidarities.

Comments

Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy, 20 is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. A printed copy of the whole volume (456 pages; 978-0-19-726744-8) can be purchased through Oxford University Press.


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