LEADER 04129nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910828208903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-06975-6 010 $a9786612069758 010 $a0-226-14527-1 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226145273 035 $a(CKB)1000000000725470 035 $a(EBL)432172 035 $a(OCoLC)646810198 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000196383 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11182154 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000196383 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10142518 035 $a(PQKB)11194672 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122438 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC432172 035 $a(DE-B1597)525017 035 $a(OCoLC)1058536162 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226145273 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL432172 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10288705 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL206975 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000725470 100 $a20080501d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe man who believed he was king of France $ea true medieval tale /$fTommaso Di Carpegna Falconieri ; translated by William McCuaig 205 $a[American ed.]. 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (234 p.) 300 $aTranslated from the Italian. 311 $a0-226-14525-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 199-211) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface (2005) -- $tPreface to the american edition (2008) -- $tChapter 1. At Rome -- $tChapter 2. At Siena -- $tChapter 3. In The East -- $tChapter 4. In The West -- $tChapter 5. In Prison -- $tChapter 6. Giannino In History, Legend, And Literature -- $tAPPENDIX 1. The Direct Capetian Line, the Counts of Valois, and the Counts of Évreux (Simplifi ed Genealogy) -- $tAPPENDIX 2. The Angevins of Naples and Hungary (Simplifi ed Genealogy) -- $tNOTES -- $tBIBLIOGRAPHY -- $tINDEX 330 $aReplete with shady merchants, scoundrels, hungry mercenaries, scheming nobles, and maneuvering cardinals, The Man Who Believed He Was King of France proves the adage that truth is often stranger than fiction-or at least as entertaining. The setting of this improbable but beguiling tale is 1354 and the Hundred Years' War being waged for control of France. Seeing an opportunity for political and material gain, the demagogic dictator of Rome tells Giannino di Guccio that he is in fact the lost heir to Louis X, allegedly switched at birth with the son of a Tuscan merchant. Once convinced of his birthright, Giannino claims for himself the name Jean I, king of France, and sets out on a brave-if ultimately ruinous-quest that leads him across Europe to prove his identity. With the skill of a crime scene detective, Tommaso di Carpegna Falconieri digs up evidence in the historical record to follow the story of a life so incredible that it was long considered a literary invention of the Italian Renaissance. From Italy to Hungry, then through Germany and France, the would-be king's unique combination of guile and earnestness seems to command the aid of lords and soldiers, the indulgence of inn-keepers and merchants, and the collusion of priests and rogues along the way. The apparent absurdity of the tale allows Carpegna Falconieri to analyze late-medieval society, exploring questions of essence and appearance, being and belief, at a time when the divine right of kings confronted the rise of mercantile culture. Giannino's life represents a moment in which truth, lies, history, and memory combine to make us wonder where reality leaves off and fiction begins. 606 $aImpostors and imposture$zEurope 607 $aEurope$xKings and rulers 607 $aEurope$xHistory$y476-1492 615 0$aImpostors and imposture 676 $a944/.024092 676 $aB 700 $aDi Carpegna Falconieri$b Tommaso$0281373 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828208903321 996 $aThe man who believed he was king of France$94202206 997 $aUNINA