Jean Dunbabin: 2 books
by Jean Dunbabin
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
Charles of Anjou's conquest of the Sicilian Regno in 1266 transformed relations between France and the kingdom of Sicily. This original study of contact and exchange in the Middle Ages explores the significance of the many cultural, religious and political exchanges between the two countries, arguing...
Charles I of Anjou
Power, Kingship and State-Making in Thirteenth-Century Europe
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
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...