Event

Chivalry and local nobility

Period

on January 1, 1250

Location

Unknown location

Source

Source : Paul-Louis Rousset, Au Pays de la Meije

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Event narrative

Oisans was very poor. In 1250, there were only four knights in the entire region. In Villar-d’Arène, a small local nobility was replaced by officials of the Dauphin and then the King. A document from 1339 attests that the nobles André de Vaunariers and the heirs of Jean Bérard owned fortified houses in Villar-d’Arène. Modest as they were, they remained far more comfortable than the surrounding thatched cottages.