Le roi René

by Jean Favier

Portrait de René d'Anjou, que l'uage des cours et son administration appela roi de Sicile, qui fut, entre autres, le fondateur de l'ordre du Croissant, le maître des tournois chevaleresques et l'auteur du Coeur d'amour épris.

754 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2008

About the author

Jean Favier was a French historian, who specialized in Medieval history. From 1975 to 1994, he was director of the French National Archives. From 1994 to 1997, he was president of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

He was a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.