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Auteur(s) : Perry, Guy Jacob Macdonald (1982-....)
Titre(s) : John of Brienne [Texte imprimé] : king of Jerusalem, emperor of Constantinople, c.1175-1237 / Guy Perry
Publication : Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, cop. 2013
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIV-221 p.) : il ; 24 cm
Comprend : Introduction ; 1. Origins and half a life ; 2. Ruling from Acre and Tyre ; 3.
The Fifth Crusade ; 4. A decade in the West ; 5. Imperium ; Conclusion ; AppendiX
1. List of little-known acta closely concerning John of Brienne ; Appendix 2. King
John's letter to the emperor-elect Frederick II, 12 November 1219.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-215) and index
"John of Brienne's progress, from mid-ranking knightly status to king of Jerusalem
and later Latin emperor of Constantinople, traces one of the most remarkable careers
in the entire medieval period. But how and why did he achieve such heights? This biographical
study of aristocratic social and geographical mobility in the 'Age of the Crusades'
reassesses John's fascinating life, and explores how families and dynasticism, politics,
intrigue, religion and war all contributed to John's unprecedented career. A major
figure in the history of the thirteenth-century Mediterranean, and yet very much a
product of the workings of the society of his day, this book reveals how John's life,
and its multifarious connections to France, Italy, the German empire and the papacy,
can illuminate the broad panorama of the early thirteenth-century world, and the zenith
of the Crusading movement" ; "More than two centuries ago, the great English historian
Edward Gibbon summed up John of Brienne's life with the typically rotund observation
that 'it was only in the age of chivalry, that valour could ascend from a private
station to the thrones of Jerusalem and Constantinople'. Whatever one may think of
Gibbon's judgement here, John (d. 1237) had one of the most remarkable careers in
the entire medieval period."
Sujet(s) : Jean de Brienne (1174?-1237 ; empereur latin de Constantinople)
Jérusalem (Royaume latin)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-1-107-04310-7. - ISBN 1107043107 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb452147416
Notice n° :
FRBNF45214741
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