Philip Augustus: King of France 1180-1223This is the first major study in English of the reign of Philip Augustus who ruled France from 1180 - 1223. Outshone for posterity, by his flamboyant contemporaries, the Angevin family of Henry II and his feuding sons, Philip was in fact far more successful than any of them, astutely playing them off against each other and recovering for the French crown their vast estates in Northern France including Normandy itself. As well as reasserting the power of the Capetian monarchy, he was also leader of the Third Crusade. Drawing together all the threads in the life of one of France's most forceful rulers, this new study offers a study of the nature of monarchy in late medieval Europe as well as an insight into a subtle and secretive personality. |
Contents
Chapter 1 Philips Inheritance | 1 |
Chapter 2 The Young King | 40 |
Chapter 3 Philip Augustus and the East | 72 |
Chapter 4 The Conflict with Richard I | 106 |
Chapter 5 The Defeat of the Angevin Empire | 130 |
Chapter 6 Philip Augustus and the Papacy | 166 |
Chapter 7 Philip and the Church in France | 195 |
Chapter 8 The Transformation of French Kingship | 214 |
Chapter 9 The Foundations of Philips Government | 247 |
Chapter 10 Triumph at Bouvines | 279 |
Chapter 11 The Last Years | 316 |
| 339 | |
Genealogical Tables and Maps | 351 |
| 359 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
allied Ambroise Angevin Empire Anjou Aquitaine areas army attack baillis Baldwin battle Bautier became Bertran de Born bishop Blois Bouvines Brittany brother Capetian captured castle Champagne Christian chronicler Church claimed count of Flanders crown death Delaborde demesne Duby duchy duke Eleanor emperor enemy England English example father favour Fawtier Ferrand force French king Gillingham Gisors Guérin Guizot Hainault Henry Henry II historians Holy Land homage Ingeborg Innocent invasion Isabella Itinerarium John's King John king of France king's kingdom knights lords Louis VII Louis's Luchaire in Lavisse magnates major marriage military monarchy Normandy Otto papacy papal Paris peace Philip Augustus Philip of Alsace Philippide Plantagenet Poitou pope prévôts princes Recueil registers reign Renaud Richard the Lionheart Rigord Roger of Howden Roger of Wendover Rouen royal ruler seems St-Denis Stubbs success territories Third Crusade tion took Toulouse towns trans vassals Vexin William the Breton