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Between France and England Politics, Power and Society in Late Medieval Brittany 1st Edition

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Full Title

Between France and England Politics, Power and Society in Late Medieval Brittany 1st Edition

Author(s)

Michael Jones

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9781040246481, 9780860789062, 9781003554981, 9781040231241

Publisher

Routledge

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

‘Between France and England’ characterises the role played by most rulers of the duchy of Brittany during the late Middle Ages, before it was finally united with Valois France. These essays (including three appearing for the first time in English) explore political and institutional aspects of the changing relationship between France and Brittany, within the context of Anglo-French relations, as well as social consequences of the development of a largely autonomous state within the larger French kingdom during a period dominated by war and economic crisis. The transformation of medieval France into an early modern state changed the traditional relationship between the king and his great feudal princes. But some princes reacted by imitating the crown, creating their own more advanced administrations and an ideological base for claims to exercise ‘regal rights’ within their lordships, often expressed in striking visual and symbolic form. These trends are evident in the late medieval duchy of Brittany where the Montfort dynasty all but succeeded in nullifying royal control.