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Author Jordan, William Chester, 1948-

Title Men at the center : redemptive governance under Louis IX / William Chester Jordan
Published Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource
Series The Natalie Zemon Davis annual lectures ; v. 11
Natalie Zemon Davis annual lecture series ; v. 11.
Contents Robert of Sorbon, churchman -- Étienne Boileau, bourgeois -- Simon de Nesle, aristocrat
Summary 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
Analysis 13th century, Biography, Court, Courtier, France, Medieval
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Robert, of Sorbonne, 1201-1274
Boileau, Etienne, approximately 1200-1269.
Nesle, Simon de, approximately 1209-1279.
SUBJECT Nesle, Simon de, approximately 1209-1279
Boileau, Etienne, approximately 1200-1269
Robert, of Sorbonne, 1201-1274
Boileau, Etienne, approximately 1200-1269 fast
Nesle, Simon de, approximately 1209-1279 fast
Robert, of Sorbonne, 1201-1274 fast
Subject Courts and courtiers -- History -- To 1500
Courtesans -- France -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
HISTORY -- Medieval.
Courtesans
Courts and courtiers
Politics and government
SUBJECT France -- Politics and government -- 1226-1270. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051453
France -- History -- Louis IX, 1226-1270. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051275
Subject France
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9786155225499
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9781283640961
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9786613953469