Life on a Medieval Barony, by William Stearns Davis, Part 1
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep
Sharon Handy
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🗓️ 24 November 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Let's sink into slumber with this dreamy description of life in medieval France circa 1220. This time, the background of the barony in question and the somewhat circuitous route of acquisition by its ruling family. Spoiler alert, not wandering off for years on a crusade seems to help with the whole "keeping your property" thing.
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening, and thank you for joining me for another Boring Books for Bedtime. |
| 0:09.2 | I hope tonight's selection provides all the boredom your busy brain needs |
| 0:15.2 | to quiet down and let you get some sleep. |
| 0:20.1 | So find a comfortable spot. |
| 0:24.7 | Adjust your volume. |
| 0:28.6 | Take a nice deep breath in. |
| 0:34.3 | Let it out slowly. |
| 0:38.9 | And off we go. |
| 0:43.2 | Tonight, we're relaxing with a brand new book |
| 0:47.4 | recommended by one of your fellow listeners. |
| 0:51.5 | And wow is it right up my alley. |
| 0:55.0 | We're reading, Life on a Medieval Barony, a picture of a typical feudal community in the 13th century. |
| 1:05.6 | By William Stearns Davis, PhD, Professor of History in the University of Minnesota, first published in |
| 1:15.9 | 1922 by Harper and Brothers Publishers, New York and London. |
| 1:24.1 | Let's begin. |
| 1:27.6 | To Ephraim Emerton, master interpreter of medieval history, this book is dedicated by an ever-grateful pupil. |
| 1:40.3 | Preface |
| 1:41.0 | This book describes the life of the feudal ages in terms of the concrete. |
| 1:48.9 | The discussions center around a certain seigneury of St. Aloquist. |
| 1:54.9 | If no such barony is easily identifiable, at least there were several hundred second-grade feasts scattered over |
| 2:03.7 | western Christendom, which were in essential particulars extremely like it. And it's Baron Conan |
| 2:12.4 | and his associates were typical of many similar individuals, a little worse or a little better, |
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