The Briennes_ The Rise and Fall of a Champenois Dynasty in the Age of the Crusades, C. 950-1356
community in France, if he had not received a suitable indemnity by the end of May 1346. Relations between the crown and the rep ...
links and connections to his father, that meant that he now succeeded the latter not only as count of Eu, but as constable of Fr ...
whom they had often met and accompanied during campaigns in Prussia, Granada and elsewhere.^158 They called down to them implori ...
Foucarmont, who contributed 200écusof gold.^164 Yet this was nothing compared to the huge ransom that King Edward would require ...
the English for 34,000écus.^169 The situation has been neatly summed up by Michael Jones.‘The war with England...inevitably push ...
repatriated to Italy, and buried with honour in Lecce.^175 In this context, it should perhaps be added that Walter VI may well h ...
Figure 5.4 The‘tomb of King John of Jerusalem’in the Lower Basilica, Assisi. Bridgeman Images. The Thickets of Poitiers 179 ...
off the ground, Walter was dependent, once again, on the Angevins of Naples. At this particular juncture, though, the kingdom wa ...
However, it would be hard to think of a worse time to take up the position. When Edward III’s son and heir, the Black Prince, la ...
connétable de France, qui trespassa MCCCLVI en la bataille devant Poitiers quant le roy Jean fu pris’.^190 Walter had drawn up h ...
duchess of Athens.^195 However, the vast majority of the Brienne inherit- ance went immediately to Isabella, as Walter had wishe ...
Conclusion One of the most remarkable things about the Briennes is how completely they have slipped off the mental horizon for a ...
hongrois.^3 It has to be said that, owing to its sheer abundance of grateful melodic invention,Raymondadeserves to be much bette ...
as conducive as either of these kings–or, indeed, a vast array of lesser figures–to serve this and similar purposes. The Brienne ...
This may also be the right place to note a curiosity: the dynasty’s relative failure to produce many senior religiousfigures. Ad ...
important roles in their old homeland of Champagne and in France as a whole, as well as in the Low Countries, the British Isles, ...
the late 1190s. During this period, the dynasty’s greatest achievements were the establishment of long-running cadet branches in ...
were able to capitalize on very successfully, whilst playing down the incon- venient truth that Simon himself was a Frenchman.^1 ...
effective fall of the Brienne dynasty, the rest of the Hundred Years’War continued to shape the future of the one remaining line ...
Bibliography Manuscript and Archival Sources Archives départementales de l’Aube: 2H48 3 H 3528 4H34 27 H 3 BnF: MS Latin 5480 MS ...
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