E-Book, Englisch, 512 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
Cox The Eagles of Savoy
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6791-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
The House of Savoy in Thirteenth-Century Europe
E-Book, Englisch, 512 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6791-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
This book is the history of a very remarkable family, that of Count Thomas of Savoy, whose seven sons and two daughters rose from relative obscurity to fame, fortune, and involvement in almost every major international conflict in western Europe during the fifty years following their father's death in 1233. By tracing the careers of the Savoyards, Eugene L. Cox emerges with a pan-European view of the thirteenth century.
Professor Cox describes the ways in which the members of the Savoyard family gained access to the most powerful courts in Europe, an advantage that they skillfully employed in turning their scattered Alpine dominions into a territorial state, and in making their family a powerful force in the world of high diplomacy. From Scotland and Flanders to Sicily and Rome, the author traces the influence of the Savoyard family in dealings between states, in conflicts with the papacy, and in the struggles for power within the emerging national states.
Based on extensive research in both published and unpublished sources, the book pieces together widely scattered data in order to reconstruct a picture of a real-life medieval family saga. Set as it is in the era of the formation of national states and the breakdown of the Holy Roman Empire, the story is a fascinating background account of this tumultuous period in history.
Originally published in 1974.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
Frontmatter, pg. i
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. vii
CONTENTS, pg. ix
ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. xiii
ABBREVIATIONS, pg. 1
PROLOGUE, pg. 3
ONE. THE EAGLE’S BROOD, pg. 7
TWO. THE UNCLES FROM THE ALPS, pg. 33
THREE. EAGLES ON THE WING, pg. 81
FOUR. THE EAGLES AND THE DRAGON, pg. 134
FIVE. REAPING THE WHIRLWIND, pg. 189
SIX. SAVOYARDS AND PLANTAGENETS, pg. 250
SEVEN. THE EAGLES AND THE ALPS, pg. 305
EIGHT. SAVOY AND BURGUNDY, pg. 373
NINE. THE LAST OF THE EAGLES, pg. 420
GENEALOGY, pg. 461
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED, pg. 465
INDEX, pg. 477
