Rencontres: Confiance, Bonne Foi, Fidelite : La Notion de Fides Dans La Vie Des Societes Medievales (Vie-Xve Siecles) (Series #364) (Paperback)

With the meaning of trust, good faith and respect for promises made, protection, or assistance, fides in the non-exclusively religious sense of the word comes from the demand for ethical perfection: as such, it is omnipresent in human relations and in the dynamic of societies in the Middle Ages.