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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806259403321

Autore

Naus James L.

Titolo

Constructing kingship : the Capetian monarchs of France and the early Crusades / / James Naus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-5261-0045-2

1-5261-1504-2

1-5261-0044-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 pages) : digital file(s)

Collana

Manchester medieval studies

Disciplina

909.07

Soggetti

Crusades

History

Medieval history

HISTORY / Europe / Medieval

CE period up to c 1500

Electronic books.

France Kings and rulers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2016.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I Crisis -- 1 Framing the Capetian miracle -- 2 The First Crusade and the new economy of status, 1095-1110 -- Part II Response -- 3 Suger of Saint-Denis and the ideology of crusade -- 4 Louis VII and the failure of crusade -- 5 Philip Augustus, political circumstance, and crusade -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume examines the relationship between the Capetian monarchs of France and the Crusades, and considers the challenge to political authority that confronted them following their failure to join the early Crusades, and their less-than-impressive involvement in later ones.