[PDF] The Capetian Kings Of France eBook

Author : Jim Bradbury
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 47,89 MB
Release : 2007-02-27
Category : History
ISBN : 0826424910

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Following the demise of the Carolingian dynasty in 987 the French lords chose Hugh Capet as their king. He was the founder of a dynasty that lasted until 1328. Although for much of this time, the French kings were weak, and the kingdom of France was much smaller than it later became, the Capetians nevertheless had considerable achievements and also produced outstanding rulers, including Philip Augustus and St Louis. This wide-ranging book throws fascinating light on the history of Medieval France and the development of European monarchy.

Author : Elizabeth M Hallam
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 23,18 MB
Release : 2014-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1317877284

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In 987, when Hugh Capet took the throne of France, founding a dynasty which was to rule for over 300 years, his kingdom was weak and insignificant. But by 1100, the kingdom of France was beginning to dominate the cultural nd religious life of western Europe. In the centuries that followed, to scholars and to poets, to reforming churchmen and monks, to crusaders and the designers of churches, France was the hub of the universe. La douce France drew people like a magnet even though its kings were, until about 1200, comparatively insignificant figures. Then, thanks to the conquests and reforms of King Philip Augustus, France became a dominant force in political and economic terms as well, producing a saint-king, Louis IX, and in Philip IV, a ruler so powerful that he could dictate to popes and emperors. Spanning France's development across four centuries, Capetian France is a definitive book. This second edition has been carefully revised to take account of the very latest work, without losing the original book's popular balance between a compelling narrative and an fascinating examination of the period's main themes.

Author : Robert 1885-1966 Fawtier
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 13,18 MB
Release : 2021-09-09
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ISBN : 9781014313034

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Author : Charles T. Wood
Publisher : Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 39,19 MB
Release : 1966
Category : History
ISBN :

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An analytical study of the French apanages from their creation to the end of the Capetian period, this pioneering book offers an explanation of why the French kings began the practice of granting fiefs to their younger sons, and why they introduced the curious inheritance restrictions which limited succession in an apanage to direct heirs of the original holder. The author also examines the connection of the apanages with the royal government in terms of sovereignty, jurisdiction, administration, military obligations, and financial affairs, showing how difficult it was to draw distinctions between the two spheres of government. Since the original apanages were granted from lands only recently conquered from the English, they had the important practical effect of introducing the notion of French royal authority into areas that had not known it for centuries. People living in these lands became used to the fact that "the king" was the king of France, not of England. A clear understanding of the relationship of the apanages to the monarchy, the author maintains, is at the same time a large step toward an understanding of how the monarchy gained control of France and,ultimately, made a nation out of her fragmented provinces.

Author : Elizabeth A. R. Brown
Publisher : Variorum Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 20,44 MB
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN :

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This text considers the interaction between the public and private domains in the persons of the Capetian kings in medieval France and the political, institutional and fiscal history of the period. The private and public lives of Philip Augustus and Philip the Fair are also considered.