Louis IX and the Challenge of the Crusade: A Study in Rulership

by William Chester Jordan

Book Overview

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 various facets of the king's reign from 1226 to 1270 to show how the monarch's reforms were inextricably...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691635455
• ISBN13: 9780691635453
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"