books by Daniel Lord Smail (reputation possession marseille)

books by Daniel Lord Smail

books:

The Consumption of Justice: Emotions, Publicity, and Legal Culture in Marseille, 1264-1423 (Conjunctions of ...
Daniel Lord Smail

Cornell University Press, 2003

n the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, the ideas and practices of justice in Europe underwent significant change as procedures were transformed and criminal and civil caseloads grew apace. Drawing on the rich judicial records of Marseille from the years 1264 to 1423, especially records of civil litigation, this book approaches the courts of law from the perspective of the users of the courts (the consumers of justice) and explains why men ...

Fama: The Politics of Talk and Reputation in Medieval Europe

Cornell University Press, 2003

In medieval Europe, the word fama denoted both talk (what was commonly said about a person or event) and an individual?s ensuing reputation (one?s fama). Although talk by others was no doubt often feared, it was also valued and even cultivated as a vehicle for shaping one?s status. People had to think about how to "manage" their fama, which played an essential role in the medieval culture of appearances. At the same time, however, ...

Imaginary Cartographies: Possession and Identity in Late Medieval Marseille
Daniel Lord Smail

Cornell University Press, 1999

How, in the years before the advent of urban maps, did city residents conceptualize and navigate their communities? In his strikingly original book, Daniel Lord Smail develops a new method and a new vocabulary for understanding how urban men and women thought about their personal geography. His thorough research of property records of late medieval Marseille leads him to conclude that its inhabitants charted their city, its social structure, and ...

On Deep History and the Brain

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Daniel Lord Smail

University of California Press, 2008

A guide for the guild
History has addressed a number of Big Questions through the years. As Daniel Smail notes, however, the biggest one has been "Where to begin?" For centuries, the answer seemed simple: the "Creation". Scholars in Christian Europe were able to begin history with the couple in Eden, building from that well-defined starting point. Later, the historians "guild" shifted their foundation. The result was ...