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Men at the Center: Redemptive Governance Under Louis IX

By William Chester Jordan

Book information

Publisher
Central European Univ Pr
Year
2012
ISBN
6155225125, 9786155225123
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
940 kB (963052 bytes)
Series
Natalie Zemon Davis Annual Lecture Series
Pages
140\148
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-07-30 22:52:15
France Europe History Reference Test Preparation A

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. Professor 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; Boileau was the prévôt 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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