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In his final book, the distinguished historian John Baldwin argues that the aristocrats who inhabited the region of Paris over the turn of the twelfth century were important not only because they contributed to Philip Augustus's increase of royal power but also for their own establishment as an elite and powerful social class.
Review Quotes: "[A] book that displays the full array of Baldwin's mastery over the historian's sources and method attained over the course of his life . . . The exploration of the aristocrats' social, economic, and mental worlds using this wide range of sources is a masterful feat . . . With Knights, Lords, and Ladies Baldwin has left us with an excellent example, useful to graduate students and seasoned scholars alike, on how to define the limits of an inquiry, assemble sources relevant to that inquiry, and interpret them deeply but with restraint."-- "Canadian Journal of History"