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Louis IX and the Challenge of the Crusade: A Study in Rulership
By (Author) William Chester Jordan
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
19th May 2015
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
European history: medieval period, middle ages
944.023
Paperback
310
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
425g
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