Description
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1937. Painter's Scourge of the Clergy is a biography of Peter of Dreux, who was the Count of Dreux from 1298 to 1345. This book engages in a conversation with specialists of medieval France and Brittany, given that Peter's career gives historians insight into the quarrels between church and state, the crusades of St. Louis, the struggles between French kings and vassals, and the rivalry of the Capetian and Plantagenet monarchies.
Table of ContentsPart I. A Duchess' Husband
Chapter 1. Hopeful Young Knight
Chapter 2. Tortuous Path to Richmond
Chapter 3. Brittany Feels a New Broom
Part II. Successful Opportunism
Chapter 1. Duke for Sale
Chapter 2. Daughter Twice Sold
Chapter 3. Scourge of the Clerks
Part III. Interlude of Treason
Chapter 1. War of Words
Chapter 2. The Queen's Foe
Chapter 3. Humbled Rebel
Part IV. A Retiring Duke
Chapter 1. By Aid of St. Peter
Chapter 2. Last Blows at the Bretons
Chapter 3. Prospective Crusader
Part V. Plenary Indulgence
Chapter 1. Crusading Chief
Chapter 2. Slippery Elder Statesman
Chapter 3. Last Adventure
Appendix I. The Siege of Belleme
Appendix II. Margaret of Montaigu
Appendix III. Oliver of Machecoul
Appendix IV. Creditor or Debtor
Index
Map and Genealogical Tables
