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John of Brienne : king of Jerusalem, emperor of Constantinople, c.1175-1237
- Title
- John of Brienne : king of Jerusalem, emperor of Constantinople, c.1175-1237 / Guy Perry.
- Author
- Perry, Guy J. M. (Guy Jacob Macdonald), 1982-
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- Supplementary Content
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- Description
- xiv, 221 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "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."--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 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; Appendices; Bibliography.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-193
- ISBN
- 9781107043107 (hardback)
- 1107043107 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2013016196
- OCLC
- 843124209
- Author
- Perry, Guy J. M. (Guy Jacob Macdonald), 1982-
- Title
- John of Brienne : king of Jerusalem, emperor of Constantinople, c.1175-1237 / Guy Perry.
- Publisher
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-193