The Briennes_ The Rise and Fall of a Champenois Dynasty in the Age of the Crusades, C. 950-1356

Contents

List of Figures pageviii

List of Maps ix

Acknowledgements x

List of Abbreviations xii

List of Genealogies xiv

Introduction 1

1 ‘Between Bar-sur-Aube and Rosnay’(c. 950–1191) 10

2 Breakthrough and High Point (c. 1191 – 1237) 33

3 In the Pages of Joinville (c. 1237–1267) 75

4 The Angevins and Athens (c. 1267–1311) 103

5 Hubris and Nemesis (c. 1311–1356) 141

Conclusion 184

Bibliography 192

Index 204

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