The Scourge of the Clergy Peter of Dreux, Duke of Brittany / by Sidney Painter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Painter, Sidney, 1902-1960.

Series:

Johns Hopkins historical publications.

The Johns Hopkins historical publications

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

France--Brittany.

France.

Brittany (France)--History.

Brittany (France).

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

France--History--Philip II Augustus, 1180-1223.

Pierre de Dreux, Duke of Brittany, active 13th century.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (vii, 155 pages :) illustrations, genealogical tables, map)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Johns Hopkins University Press 1937

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Painter's Scourge of the Clergy is a biography of Peter of Dreux, who was the Count of Dreux from 1298 to 1345. This book engages in a conversation with specialists of medieval France and Brittany, given that Peter's career gives historians insight into the quarrels between church and state, the crusades of St. Louis, the struggles between French kings and vassals, and the rivalry of the Capetian and Plantagenet monarchies.

Contents:

A Duchess' Husband

Successful Opportunism

Interlude of Treason

A Retiring Duke

Plenary Indulgence

Appendices.

Notes:

Open access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.

The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No derivatives 4.0 International License

Originally published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 1937; reprinted in 1969 by special arrangement with the Johns Hopkins Press.

Includes bibliographical references.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8018-2811-2

OCLC:

1129033962