The Briennes: The Rise and Fall of a Champenois Dynasty in the Age of the Crusades, c. 950–1356 - Softcover

Perry, Guy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 131664751X ISBN 13: 9781316647516

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2024

Synopsis

The Briennes were a highly important aristocratic family who hailed from the Champagne region of north-eastern France, but whose reach and impact extended across Europe and into the Crusader States in the Middle East. It is a highly dramatic and wide-ranging story of medieval mobility, not only up and down the social ladder, but in geographical terms as well. Although the Briennes were one of the great dynasties of the central Middle Ages, this book represents the first comprehensive history of the family. Taking the form of parallel biographies and arranged broadly chronologically, it explores not only their rise, glory and fall, but also how they helped to shape the very nature of the emerging European state system. This book will appeal to students and scholars of medieval France, the Mediterranean world, the Crusades and the central Middle Ages.

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About the Author

Guy Perry has held a wide range of positions as a Lecturer and a Tutor, from Royal Holloway, University of London, to the Universities of Oxford and Leeds. His previous publications include John of Brienne (Cambridge, 2013) and The Fifth Crusade in Context (2016).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 131664751X
• ISBN 13: 9781316647516
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240