Louis IX and the Challenge of the Crusade: A Study in Rulership: 1531 (Princeton Legacy Library) - Hardcover

Jordan, William Chester

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0691635455 ISBN 13: 9780691635453

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Louis IX has long been known both as a saintly crusader and as the founder of effective royal administration in France. But, in spite of a vast amount of research, the details of what happened under his rule and why it happened have been little understood. Synthesizing this research from a thematic perspective, William Chester Jordan integrates the various facets of the king's reign from 1226 to 1270 to show how the monarch's reforms were inextricably connected with his crusades.

Originally published in 1979.

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About the Author

William Chester Jordan is the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at Princeton University. His books include "A Tale of Two Monasteries: Westminster and Saint-Denis in the Thirteenth Century" and "Unceasing Strife, Unending Fear: Jacques de Therines and the Freedom of the Church in the Age of the Last Capetians" (both Princeton).

Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691635455
• ISBN 13: 9780691635453
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 310