Charles I of Anjou: Power, Kingship and State-Making in Thirteenth-Century Europe (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780582253704)

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.


Author: Jean Dunbabin
ISBN-10: 0582253705
ISBN-13: 9780582253704
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 01/22/1998
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.51h x 5.49w x 0.62d