Men at the center : redemptive governance under Louis IX / William Chester Jordan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jordan, William Chester, 1948-

Series:

Natalie Zemon Davis annual lecture series ; v. 11.

The Natalie Zemon Davis annual lecture series at Central European University, Budapest, 1996-1197 ; v. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Robert, of Sorbonne, 1201-1274.

Robert.

Boileau, Etienne, ca. 1200-1269.

Boileau, Etienne.

Nesle, Simon de, ca. 1209-1279.

Nesle, Simon de.

Courtesans--France--Biography.

Courtesans.

France--Politics and government--1226-1270.

France.

France--History--Louis IX, 1226-1270.

France--Court and courtiers--History--To 1500.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (p. cm.)

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, c2012.

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.

Contents:

Robert of Sorbon, churchman

Étienne Boileau, bourgeois

Simon de Nesle, aristocrat.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-003-72074-9

9786155225499

615-5225-49-4

1-283-64096-1

9781003720744

OCLC:

816391524