Charles I of Anjou: Power, Kingship and State-Making in Thirteenth-Century Europe

ISBN-13: 9781138161627 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 264 str.

Jean Dunbabin

Opis

Charles I of Anjou (1225-85), brother of St Louis, was one of the most controversial figures of thirteenth-century Europe. A royal adventurer, who carved out a huge Mediterranean power block, as ruler of Provence, Jerusalem and the kingdom of Naples as well as Anjou, he changed for good the political configuration of the Mediterranean world - even though his ambitions were fatally undermined by the revolt of the Sicilian Vespers. Jean Dunbabin's study - the first in English for 40 years - reassesses Charles's extraordinary career, his pivotal role in the crusades and in military reform, trading, diplomacy, learning and the arts, and finds a more remarkable figure than the ruthless thug of conventional historiography.

Spis treści

Aknowledgements.
Note on names.
Abbreviations.
 
PART ONE: The Man.
 
The Prince.
The Capetian.
 
PART TWO: The Dominions.
 
The French Lands.
Provence.
The Regno.
The Rest of Italy.
The Mediterranean World.
The Sicilian Vespers.
An Empire?
 
PART THREE: Policies.
 
The Papacy.
The Church.
The Economy.
The Army and Navy.
 
PART FOUR: Court Life and Culture.
 
Family and Familia.
Chivalry and Display.
Literature, Art and Architecture.
Learning.
Personal Piety.
Genealogical Table.
map.
Bibliography.
Index.

O autorze

 Jean Dunbabin