Men At the Center - Redemptive Governance Under Louis IX

Taking Professor Natalie Zemon Davis' fascinating biographical studies of three Women on the Margins in the seventeenth century as an inspiration, the author of this book offers 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.

List of contents

Acknowledgements, Chapter 1: Robert of Sorbon, Churchman, Chapter 2: Étienne Boileau, Bourgeois, Chapter 3: Simon de Nesle, Aristocrat, Epilogue, Notes, List of References,Index

About the author

William Chester Jordan is Dayton-Stockton Professor of History and Chairman of the History Department of Princeton University.He has been Director of the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies (1994 to 1999).

Product details

• Authors: William C. Jordan, William Chester Jordan, William Chester (Professor of History Jordan, William Chester Jordan
• Publisher: Central european university pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.09.2012
• EAN: 9786155225123
• ISBN: 978-615-5225-12-3
• No. of pages: 146
• Series: Natalie Zemon Davis Annual Lec; Natalie Zemon Davis Annual Lec
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education