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Men at the Center: Reedemptive Governance Under Louis IX: Redemptive Governance under Louis IX (CEU The Natalie Zemon Davis Annual Lectures Series)
William Chester Jordan
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Description for Men at the Center: Reedemptive Governance Under Louis IX: Redemptive Governance under Louis IX (CEU The Natalie Zemon Davis Annual Lectures Series)
paperback. Three portraits of men who were at the very center of governance in thirteenth-century France. Series: Natalie Zemon Davies Annual Lectures. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; JPH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 181.
Taking Professor Natalie Zemon Davis’ fascinating biographical studies of three Women on the Margins in the seventeenth century as an inspiration, the author of this book offers three portraits of men who were at the very center of governance in thirteenth-century France, men who strove in the shadow of King Louis IX (Saint Louis) to impose a redemptive regime on the realm. Professor Jordan treats them as individuals, but in a sense they are also types: Robert of Sorbon, a churchman; Etienne Boileau, a bourgeois; and Simon de Nesle, an aristocrat. Robert was the founder of the Sorbonne; Boileau was the prévôt or royal administrator of ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Central European University Press Hungary
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
Series
Natalie Zemon Davies Annual Lectures
Number of Pages
146
Place of Publication
Budapest, Hungary
ISBN
9786155225123
SKU
V9786155225123
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About William Chester Jordan
William Chester Jordan is Dayton-Stockton Professor of History and Chairman of the History Department of Princeton University. He has been Director of the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies (1994 to 1999).
Reviews for Men at the Center: Reedemptive Governance Under Louis IX: Redemptive Governance under Louis IX (CEU The Natalie Zemon Davis Annual Lectures Series)
"Jordan is a masterful speaker, and it would have been a pleasure to hear his three lectures, now published in this beautifully produced volume. In their written form, the three essays spring to life, informed as they are by Jordan's vivid vocabulary, colorful images, dramatic anecdotes, and interesting hypotheses. Not only was I moved by Jordan's essays, I learned much ... Read more