{"product_id":"constructing-kingship-the-capetian-monarchs-of-france-and-the-early-crusades-9781526127259","title":"Constructing Kingship: The Capetian Monarchs of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCrusading kings such as Louis IX of France and Richard I of England exert a unique hold on our historical imagination. For this reason, it can be easy to forget that European rulers were not always eager participants in holy war.  The First Crusade was launched in 1095, and yet the first monarch did not join the movement until 1146, when the French king Louis VII took the cross to lead the Second Crusade. One contemporary went so far as to compare the crusades to 'Creation and man's redemption on the cross', so what impact did fifty years of non-participation have on the image and practice of European kingship and the parameters of cultural development?  This book considers this question by examining the challenge to political authority that confronted the French kings and their family members as a direct result of their failure to join the early crusades, and their less-than-impressive involvement in later ones.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘Constructing Kingship \u003c\/i\u003eis a valuable book which engages seriously with a theme, the impact of the crusades on royal action and ideology, which has been, as Naus points out (pp. 6-7), overlooked for far too long. Its central thesis is a stimulating argument which will hopefully inspire further research on this topic, and throughout the book Naus highlights many fascinating links between the crusades and the Capetian monarchy which are rarely considered together. The highlight of the book is undoubtedly the third chapter’s marvellous textual analysis of Suger’s \u003ci\u003eGesta Ludovici Grossi\u003c\/i\u003e, which sheds important new light on one of 12th-century France’s most important narrative sources.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMr Niall Ó Súilleabháin\u003c\/b\u003e, Trinity College Dublin, \u003ci\u003eReviews in History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Naus has put his stamp on this most critical topic, and his book will now serve as a starting point for discussion of it.’\u003cbr\u003eJay Rubenstein, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, \u003ci\u003eH-France Review \u003c\/i\u003eVol. 17 (February 2017), No. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A book that will be of use to students of kingship, holy war, and the cultural tumult of the central Middle Ages.’ \u003cbr\u003eMatthew Gabriele, Virginia Tech, \u003ci\u003eMedieval Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e‘Naus has produced a work for which there has been a sore need, which is engaging, well written, and thought-provoking.’\u003cbr\u003eStephen Donnachie, Royal Studies Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Overall, one will find this book an intelligently well written study, which is to serve as basis\/groundwork for further research on this subject.'\u003cbr\u003eBoris Gübele, Göttingen, \u003ci\u003eHistorischen Zeitschrift Heft\u003c\/i\u003e 309\/1\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Crisis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Framing the Capetian Miracle\u003cbr\u003e2 The First Crusade and the new economy of status, 1095-1110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Response \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3 Suger of Saint-Denis and the ideology of crusade\u003cbr\u003e4 Louis VII and the failure of crusade\u003cbr\u003e5 Philip Augustus, political circumstance and crusade\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040993673559,"sku":"9781526127259","price":23.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526127259.jpg?v=1750948524","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/constructing-kingship-the-capetian-monarchs-of-france-and-the-early-crusades-9781526127259","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}