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The Good King: René of Anjou and Fifteenth Century Europe
René of Anjou is best known to English language readers as the father of Margaret, queen of Henry VI. René's failure to make good his claim to the kingdom of Naples or to give his daughter a decent dowry condemn him as a loser. Yet he is still remembered in his lands of Anjou and Provence as "good king René." This book discusses his career and reputation with his contemporaries and posterity in the context of his family fortunes, patronage of the arts and the crises that beset Europe: conflicts within the Catholic Church, the Empire, Italy and the Hundred Years War.
300 pages, Hardcover
First published October 31, 2008
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March 27, 2021
En mycket spännande genomgång av kung Renés propaganda och hovstat, med en tillhörande kort genomgång av hans regering. Författaren försöker besvara frågan om vilket av Renés båda eftermälen - som god och dessutom konstnärlig riddarkonung eller slösaktig och inkompetent fattiglapp - som är mest rimligt. Jag rekommenderar boken både för dess underhållningsvärde och för djupet med vilket den besvarar sin fråga.
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