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

by Dunbabin; Jean

• ISBN13: 9780582253704
• ISBN10: 0582253705
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-01-22
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Editor's Preface	vii	(2)
Acknowledgements	ix	(1)
Note on Names	x	(1)
Abbreviations	xi
Part 1: The Man	1	(24)
1 The Prince	3	(6)
2 The Capetian	9	(16)
Part 2: The Dominions	25	(102)
3 The French Lands	27	(14)
4 Provence	41	(14)
5 The Regno	55	(22)
6 The Rest of Italy	77	(12)
7 The Mediterranean World	89	(10)
8 The Sicilian Vespers	99	(15)
9 An Empire?	114	(13)
Part 3: Policies	127	(52)
10 The Papacy	129	(14)
11 The Church	143	(12)
12 The Economy	155	(11)
13 The Army and Navy	166	(13)
Part 4: Court Life and Culture	179	(54)
14 Family and Familia	181	(13)
15 Chivalry and Display	194	(9)
16 Literature, Art and Architecture	203	(11)
17 Learning	214	(11)
18 Personal Piety	225	(8)
Bibliography	233	(9)
Map: The Mediterranean in the thirteenth century	242	(2)
Genealogical Table: The French royal family in the thirteenth century	244	(1)
Index	245