Briennes - The Rise Fall of a Champenois Dynasty in Age of Crusades, C. 950

The first comprehensive study of the Brienne dynasty, a fascinating example of the international aristocracy in the central Middle Ages.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. 'Between Bar-sur-Aube and Rosnay' (c.950-1191); 2. Breakthrough and high point (c.1191-1237); 3. In the pages of Joinville (c.1237-1267); 4. The Angevins and Athens (c.1267-1311); 5. Hubris and nemesis (c.1311-1356); Conclusion.

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).

Product details

• Authors: Guy Perry, Guy (Middlebury College Perry, Guy (University of Leeds) Perry, PERRY GUY
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781107196902
• ISBN: 978-1-107-19690-2
• No. of pages: 238
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Europe, France, European History, Collected biographies, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Europe / General, Middle East, CE period up to c 1500, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, History and Archaeology, Biography: historical, political and military, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Specific wars and campaigns, Crusades