{"product_id":"charles-i-of-anjou-power-kingship-and-state-making-in-thirteenth-century-europe-9781138161627","title":"Charles I of Anjou: Power, Kingship and State-Making in Thirteenth-Century Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jean Dunbabin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles I of Anjou (1225-85), brother of St Louis, was one of the most controversial figures of thirteenth-century Europe. A royal adventurer, who carved out a huge Mediterranean power block, as ruler of Provence, Jerusalem and the kingdom of Naples as well as Anjou, he changed for good the political configuration of the Mediterranean world - even though his ambitions were fatally undermined by the revolt of the Sicilian Vespers. Jean Dunbabin's study - the first in English for 40 years - reassesses Charles's extraordinary career, his pivotal role in the crusades and in military reform, trading, diplomacy, learning and the arts, and finds a more remarkable figure than the ruthless thug of conventional historiography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45237999141015,"sku":"9781138161627","price":12867.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138161627.webp?v=1769218264","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/charles-i-of-anjou-power-kingship-and-state-making-in-thirteenth-century-europe-9781138161627","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}