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The article discusses the nature of forest management during a period of high economic growth in the Champagne Province in medieval France. It is argued that a favorable economic climate led to a switch in the primary focus of woodland management from pastoralism to intensive small wood production. Particular attention is paid to the French state's role in forest exploitation and the transformation of sylviculture to a managed, market-oriented system between the late Medieval and the early modern period. It is observed that the introduction of such practices as coppicing, short cycle cutting, and tree regeneration was a response to market opportunities and demands.

The 'longer' will of St Remigius of Reims, as preserved in the mid-tenth-century Historia Remensis ecclesiae of Flodoard of Reims, is widely agreed to be a forgery. But despite the fact that it is known almost exclusively from Flodoard's work, historians have never suggested that this document was produced in his day. This article contends that the longer will was indeed an original component of the Historia. Read in this context, the will can throw new light on the Historia itself, the career of Flodoard and the tumultuous history of the church of Reims in the first half of the tenth century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A case study is presented that examines the late French Count Hugh of Troyes in the French county of Champagne. It discusses Hugh's role in the establishment of a territorial principality and argues that Hugh emerged as a significant actor in the history of the county of Champagne. The article examines the charters of the county to determine the nature of Hugh's authority, and views Hugh's contribution in the context of European history and national narratives.