Men at the Center : Redemptive Governance under Louis IX

English

ISBN: 6155225125

EAN: 9786155225123

Category: Political Science / World / European/History / General/Biography & Autobiography / General/History / Europe / France/

Publisher: Central European University Press

Release Date: 09/30/2012

Synopsis: Taking Professor Natalie Zemon Daviss 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; ?tienne Boileau, a bourgeois; and Simon de Nesle, an aristocrat. Robert was the founder of the Sorbonne; Boileau was the pr?v?t 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 kings rule and the impact of his rule on his subjects. Book jacket.

Men at the Center : Redemptive Governance under Louis IX

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.38 inches

Width: 5.16 inches

Length: 7.9 inches

Weight: 7.05 oz

Pages: 140