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Angevin
Angevin [Fr.,=of Anjou], name of two medieval dynasties originating in France. The first ruled over parts of France and over Jerusalem and England; the second ruled over parts of France and over Naples, Hungary, and Poland, with a claim to Jerusalem. First House of Anjou The older house i... Read more
Sicilian Vespers
Sicilian Vespers in Italian history, name given the rebellion staged by the Sicilians against the Angevin French domination of Sicily; the rebellion broke out at Palermo at the start of Vespers on Easter Monday, Mar. 30, 1282. The revolt quickly spread over the island; nearly all the French in Sici... Read more
Lancelot
Lancelot or Ladislaus , c.1376-1414, king of Naples (1386-1414), son and successor of Charles III. Almost his entire reign was consumed by his struggle with the Angevin rival king of Naples, Louis II , and with Louis's ally, the antipope John XXIII (see Cossa, Baldassare ). Fortunes shifted ... Read more
Plantagenet
Plantagenet English royal dynasty (1154–1485). The name encompasses the Angevins (1154–1399) and the Houses of Lancaster and York. They descended from Geoffrey of Anjou and Matilda, daughter of Henry I. Richard, Duke of York and father of Edward IV, adopted the Plantagenet name duri... Read more
Casimir III
Casimir III 1310-70, king of Poland (1333-70), son of Ladislaus I and last of the Piast dynasty. Called Casimir the Great, he brought comparative peace to Poland. By the Congress of Visegrad (1335) he promised to recognize the suzerainty over Silesia of John of Luxemburg, king of Bohemia; in re... Read more
Robert Gloucester, earl of
Robert Gloucester, earl of d. 1147, English nobleman; illegitimate son of Henry I. Henry created (c.1121) the earldom of Gloucester for him. After his father's death (1135), Robert appeared to accept the seizure of the throne by Henry's nephew, Stephen , to whom he did conditional homage in 1136. ... Read more
Joseph Jacobs
Joseph Jacobs 1854-1916, Jewish writer, historian, and folklorist, b. Australia. He lived in England until 1900, when he went to the United States to edit a revision of The Jewish Encyclopedia. He was later a teacher at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City and editor of the American ... Read more
Martin IV
Martin IV d. 1285, pope (1281-85), a Frenchman named Simon de Brie; successor of Nicholas III. He was chancellor under Louis IX of France and was created cardinal by Urban IV. He was thus a supporter of the Angevin dynasty in S Italy and Sicily. In supporting the design of Charles of Anjou (see ... Read more
Rennes
Rennes , city (1990 pop. 203,533), capital of Ille-et-Vilaine dept., NW France, at the junction of the Vilaine and Ille rivers. Rennes's many industrial products include textiles, leather goods, machinery, automobiles, electronic equipment, and petroleum. Rennes was an important Gallo-Roman town. In... Read more
Mezzogiorno
Mezzogiorno , region of S Italy. The Mezzogiorno comprises the modern Italian regions of Abruzzi , Campania , Molise , Puglia, Basilicata , Calabria , and the islands of Sicily and Sardinia . The term Mezzogiorno, meaning midday in Italian, is a reference to the strength of the midday sun in... Read more

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Angevin empire
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History Angevin empire. The term is commonly used to describe...Henry inherited the county of Anjou (hence Angevin empire), and the counties of Maine and...suzerainty. Ireland also came into the Angevin orbit following Henry's invasion of 1171...
Angevin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Angevin [Fr.,=of Anjou], name of two medieval...Normandy. Their son became (1154) the first Angevin (or Plantagenet) king of England as Henry...and Anjou, Maine, Provence, and the Angevin claim to Naples all passed to the French...
map: the Angevin empire
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History map: the Angevin empire
Sicilian Vespers
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...staged by the Sicilians against the Angevin French domination of Sicily; the...widespread conspiracy against the Angevin ruler of Naples and Sicily, King...who dreamed of establishing an Angevin empire in the East. Byzantine Emperor...
Henry III
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...was the recovery of those parts of the Angevin empire lost under John. This was entirely...they would never be recovered, and as an Angevin Henry was dynastically impelled to seek...his brothers, installed in the former Angevin territories, increased. His failure...
Richard I
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...rather the lord of the French-based Angevin empire which he inherited as a whole in...struggle in the crucial heartland of the Angevin empire. It has also become apparent that...find the governmental structure of the Angevin empire intact as he had established it...
Anjou
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...first line of the counts of Anjou (see Angevin dynasty), who expanded their holdings vigorously. Fulk Nerra, who founded the Angevin dynasty, acquired Saumur from the counts...eacute;'s nephew, the last of the Angevin line. Anjou was definitively annexed...
Henry II
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...Eleanor, duke of Aquitaine . England was but part of the vast Angevin empire , each constituent dominion requiring Henry's attention...the constant travelling and exertions needed to govern the Angevin empire. His remarkable energy and vitality struck everyone...
John
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...that John lost the support of his subjects, that he lost the Angevin empire in France, and that he was brought to book at Runnymede...French lands, his overriding policy goal after 1204 when the Angevin empire collapsed. From these perspectives, John has been...
Roger of Loria
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Aragón after Manfred's defeat (1266) by the Angevin claimant to the throne. There he held posts under Manfred...Roger commanded the Aragonese fleet in the long war against the Angevin rulers of Naples for possession of Sicily. He defeated the...

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Angevin empire
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Angevin empire The term commonly used to describe...Henry inherited the county of Anjou (hence Angevin empire), and the counties of Maine and...marriage in 1152. Ireland also came into the Angevin orbit following Henry's invasion of 1171...
Angevin
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Angevin The dynasty of the counts of Anjou in France...Augustus wrested it from John. Louis gave the Angevin title to his brother Charles who, as King...the Two Sicilies, established the second Angevin dynasty. In 1328 PHILIP IV inherited it...
Sicily
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...conquered by Charles of Anjou in 1266, but the unpopularity of the Angevin regime led to the uprising known as the SICILIAN VESPERS and...House of Aragon in its place; southern Italy remained under Angevin rule until reunited with Sicily in 1442. In 1816 the two areas...
Henry II
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...Eleanor, duke of Aquitaine . England was but part of the vast Angevin empire . In England, Henry inherited in 1154 a realm severely...never satisfactorily resolved—the partition of the Angevin empire between his sons. The issue blighted the last 20 years...
Richard I
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...king, but rather the lord of the French‐based Angevin empire which he inherited as a whole in 1189. His military...have returned home to find the governmental structure of the Angevin empire intact as he had established it before departure for...
Hugh
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...He was proverbial for his justice, as for his care for the sick and oppressed; he was also the friend and critic of three Angevin kings, Henry II, Richard, and John. He is sometimes shown with a tame swan (from his manor at Stow), and with a chalice...
two
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...Originally a single state uniting the southern peninsula of Italy with Sicily, it was divided in the 13th century between the Angevin dynasty on the mainland territory and the Aragonese dynasty on the island; both claimed title to the kingdom of Sicily. In...
Anjou
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Anjou a former province of western France, on the Loire. It was an English possession from 1154, when it was inherited by Henry II as count of Anjou, until 1204, when it was lost to France by King John; it is the origin of the name Angevin for the dynasty of Plantagenet kings.
Plantagenets
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...from 1154 to 1399. However, in conventional historical usage, Henry II (son of Count Geoffrey of Anjou) and hissons Richard I and John are normally termed the Angevin kings, and their successors, up to Richard II, the Plantagenets.
Geoffrey ‘Plantagenet’
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...civil war between his wife and King Stephen, which began in 1135, but his eventual conquest of the duchy in 1144 had a huge impact on Britain's history because it laid the foundation on which their son Henry II built the Angevin empire .

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Angevin art in Italy: the principal legacy of French rule over medieval Naples is a group of gothic churches. Impressive, but poorly documented, they receive detailed scrutiny in two recent books.(The Stones of Naples: Church Building in Angevin Italy, 1266-1343)(The Church of Santa Maria Donna Regina: Art, Iconography and Patronage in Fourteenth-Century Naples )(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Apollo; 12/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Stones of Naples, Church Building in Angevin Italy, 1266-1343 Caroline Bruzelius...investigations into different aspects of Angevin Naples. In evoking Ruskin's magisterial...building projects, as revealed in the Angevin Registers, which were transcribed from...
THEATER: Angevin Players' new production is wilde at heart
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 8/5/2004; ; 700+ words ; If you go The Angevin Players present The Importance of Being...wvgazette.com Its midsummer, and the Angevin Players have again sprung to life to...dessert buffet. Frank Pisano began the Angevin Players and directed the first two productions...
The Stones of Naples: Church Building in Angevin Italy, 1266-1343.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Church History; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Stones of Naples: Church Building in Angevin Italy, 1266-1343. By Caroline Bruzelius...architecture of medieval Naples in the period of Angevin rule in southern Italy. Under three generations...simplistic adjectives such as "courtly," "Angevin," or even "French." Most critically...
Making the right choice: ; Angevin Players pick 'A Man for All Seasons'
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail; 6/21/2001; ; 700+ words ; DAILY MAIL STAFF THE Angevin Players get to choose only one play...Concordia will accompany the drama. The Angevin Players have been performing plays such...was formed in 1995 by Frank Pisano. Angevin is an old royal house of England featured...
The Scriptorium of Margam Abbey and the Scribes of Early Angevin Glamorgen: Secretarial Administration in a Welsh marcher Barony, c. 1150-c. 1225
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Margam Abbey and the Scribes of Early Angevin Glamorgan: Secretarial Administration...earldom of Gloucester during the Norman and Angevin periods. This has taken him into the...of writing for landlords in Norman and Angevin England. The book has two parts. The...
Angevin Players open a superb 'Glass Menagerie'
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 8/16/2003; ; 567 words ; Margaret Lieberman and her Angevin Players succeed this time. Lieberman has taken on some very difficult...This is a badly flawed family, but a first-rate drama that the Angevin Players superbly perform. Give credit to Director Lieberman and...
The Reign of Richard Lionheart: Rule of the Angevin Empire, 1189-1199.(Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 2/1/2001; 535 words ; The Reign of Richard Lionheart: Rule of the Angevin Empire, 1189-1199. Ralph V. Turner and Richard R. Heiser...to the twentieth centuries. There are also studies of the Angevin 'empire', the position of the French monarchy, the government...
Angevin Players to put on 'Earnest'
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 7/29/2004; 239 words ; The Angevin Players will present Oscar Wildes comedy The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by Margaret Lieberman and Tim Alderman, at...
At St. John's Episcopal, Angevin Players offer an enjoyable 'Earnest'
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 8/7/2004; ; 576 words ; bobschwarz@wvgazette.com Friday night at St. John's Episcopal Church, the Angevin Players opened Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest," one of the great comedies of manners and wordplay among the...
The Secular Jurisdiction of Monasteries in Anglo-Norman and Angevin England
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; The Secular Jurisdiction of Monasteries in Anglo-Norman and Angevin England. By Kevin L. Shirley. [Studies in the History of Medieval Religion, Vol. XXI.] (Rochester, New York: Boydell...