Men at the Center : Redemptive Governance Under Louis Ix Paperback / softback
by William Chester (Professor of History, Princeton University) Jordan
Part of the The Natalie Zemon Davis Annual Lectures Series series
Paperback / softback
Description
Three portraits of men who were at the very center of governance in thirteenth-century France.
Men who strove in the shadow of King Louis IX (Saint Louis) to impose a redemptive regime on the realm.
Jordan treats them as individuals, but in a sense they are also types: Robert of Sorbon, a churchman; Etienne Boileau, a bourgeois; and Simon de Nesle, an aristocrat.
Robert was the founder of the Sorbonne (one of the first significant colleges of the medieval University of Paris); Boileau was the prevoAet or royal administrator of Paris; and Simon was twice co-regent of the kingdom.
Thinking about them and their relations with Louis IX opens up a new and altogether sobering vista for exploring the nature of the king's rule and the impact of his rule on his subjects.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:146 pages
- Publisher:Central European University Press
- Publication Date:10/09/2012
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- ISBN:9786155225123
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:146 pages
- Publisher:Central European University Press
- Publication Date:10/09/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9786155225123
