1st Edition
Between France and England Politics, Power and Society in Late Medieval Brittany
By Michael Jones
Copyright 2003
328 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
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'Between France and England' characterises the role played by most rulers of the duchy of Brittany during the late Middle Ages, before it was finally united with Valois France. These essays (including three appearing for the first time in English) explore political and institutional aspects of the changing relationship between France and Brittany, within the context of Anglo-French relations, as... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Tradition, history and the French: a case of tunnel vision; The Capetians and Brittany; Nantes au début de la guerre civile en Bretagne; Ancenis, Froissart and the beginnings of the War of Succession in Brittany (1341); Edward III's captains in Brittany; Politics, sanctity and the Breton state: the case of the Blessed Charles de Blois, duke of Brittany (d. 1364); Between France and England: Jeanne de Navarre, duchess of Brittany and queen of England (1368-1437); Notaries and notarial practice in medieval Brittany; The late medieval state and social change: a view from the duchy of Brittany; Aristocracy, faction and the state in 15th-century Brittany; 'En son habit royal': le duc de Bretagne et son image vers la fin du Moyen Âge; Les signes du pouvoir. L'Ordre de l'Hermine, les devises et les hérauts des ducs de Bretagne au XVème siècle; Index.
Biography
Michael Jones is Emeritus Professor of Medieval French History, University of Nottingham, UK
'... an extremely important collection of essays by one of the finest historians of late medieval France.' H-France Reviews
