{"product_id":"the-scourge-of-the-clergy-9781421436579","title":"The Scourge of the Clergy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. A Duchess' Husband\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Hopeful Young Knight\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Tortuous Path to Richmond\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Brittany Feels a New Broom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Successful Opportunism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Duke for Sale\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Daughter Twice Sold\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Scourge of the Clerks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. Interlude of Treason\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. War of Words\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. The Queen's Foe\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Humbled Rebel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV. A Retiring Duke\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. By Aid of St. Peter\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Last Blows at the Bretons\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Prospective Crusader\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V. Plenary Indulgence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Crusading Chief\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Slippery Elder Statesman\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Last Adventure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix I. The Siege of Belleme\u003cbr\u003eAppendix II. Margaret of Montaigu\u003cbr\u003eAppendix III. Oliver of Machecoul\u003cbr\u003eAppendix IV. Creditor or Debtor\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003eMap and Genealogical Tables\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408136479063,"sku":"9781421436579","price":23.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-scourge-of-the-clergy-9781421436579","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}