IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 1007: A Century of Capetian Greatness, 1214-1314?, I: Political and Military Concerns
Wednesday 9 July 2014, 09.00-10.30
| Organiser: | Daniel Power, Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Research (MEMO), Swansea University |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Lindy Grant, Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Reading |
| Paper 1007-a | Military Aspects of the Development of the French Monarchy, 1214-1314 (Language: English) Index terms: Military History, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1007-b | From Angevin Empire to French Royal Domain: Normandy under Capetian Rule, 1204-1259 (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Economics - General, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
| Paper 1007-c | The Franco-Imperial Borderlands and the Successors of Charlemagne, 12th-14th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Military History, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | This session will consider the fortunes of the monarchy in late Capetian France, taking the 800th anniversary of the Battle of Bouvines (1214) and the 700th anniversary of the death of Philip IV the Fair (1314) as its approximate bounds. Xavier Hélary will discuss the military aspects of the growth in Capetian power during the intervening century. Thomas Horler-Underwood will consider how one of the chief Capetian acquisitions, the duchy of Normandy, was integrated into the Capetian regnum after its annexation in 1204, reflecting upon both the régime's attitude to the Normans and their response to Capetian rule. Daniel Power will examine the limits of Capetian power by considering the place of the eastern borders of the Capetian 'regnum' in the relations between the kings of France and the Holy Roman Emperors: both monarchies claimed to be heirs of Charlemagne, yet they generally avoided serious clashes and rivalry because of the vast borderland that lay between the centres of their respective power. |