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Capetians
Capetians , royal house of France that ruled continuously from 987 to 1328; it takes its name from Hugh Capet . Related branches of the family (see Valois ; Bourbon ) ruled France until the final deposition of the monarchy in the 19th cent. The first historical ancestor was Robert the Strong , c... Read more
Melun
Melun , town (1990 pop. 36,489), capital of Seine-et-Marne dept., N central France, SE of Paris. It is an important industrial center where automobile bodies, airplane engines, leather products, pharmaceuticals, and elastics are produced. An ancient town of Île-de-France , Melun was founded o... Read more
Valois
Valois , royal house of France that ruled from 1328 to 1589. At the death of Charles IV, the last of the direct Capetians , the Valois dynasty came to the throne in the person of Philip VI , son of Charles of Valois and grandson of Philip III. The direct Valois line ended (1498) with Charles V... Read more
Charles Martel
Charles Martel [O.Fr.,=Charles the Hammer], 688?-741, Frankish ruler, illegitimate son of Pepin of Heristal and grandfather of Charlemagne. After the death of his father (714) he seized power in Austrasia from Pepin's widow, who was ruling as regent for her grandsons, and became mayor of the pala... Read more
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
Clovis I
Clovis I , c.466-511, Frankish king (481-511), son of Childeric I and founder of the Merovingian monarchy. Originally little more than a tribal chieftain, he became sole leader of the Salian Franks by force of perseverance and by murdering a number of relatives. In 486 he defeated the Roman legion... Read more
Carolingians
Carolingians , dynasty of Frankish rulers, founded in the 7th cent. by Pepin of Landen , who, as mayor of the palace, ruled the East Frankish Kingdom of Austrasia for Dagobert I. His descendants, Pepin of Heristal , Charles Martel , Carloman , and Pepin the Short , continued to govern the terri... Read more
Orléans
Orléans city (1990 pop. 107,965), capital of Loiret dept., N central France, on the Loire River. A commercial and transportation center, it has food-processing, tobacco, machine-building, electrical, pharmaceutical, chemical, and textile industries. The old city is surrounded by sprawling mo... Read more
Bourbon
Bourbon , European royal family, originally of France; a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. One branch of the Bourbons occupies the modern Spanish throne, and other branches ruled the Two Sicilies and Parma. It takes its name from the now ruined castle of Bourbon, at Bourbon-l'Archambault, Allier... Read more
Gothic architecture and art
Gothic architecture and art structures (largely cathedrals and churches) and works of art first created in France in the 12th cent. that spread throughout Western Europe through the 15th cent., and in some locations into the 16th cent. The Nature of the Gothic The essential character of t... Read more

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Capetians
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Capetians , royal house of France that ruled continuously...state. Bibliography: See R. Fawtier, The Capetian Kings of France (1941, tr. 1960); A. Lewis, Royal Succession in Capetian France (1982); R. McKitterick, The Frankish...
Louis VI
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Crown on a firm foundation. The fifth Capetian king of France, Louis VI was a giant...thus assuring the succession in the Capetian family. Like his father, Louis was...the first substantial biography of a Capetian king. Louis became as heavy as his father...
Philip II
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...21, 1165, Philip became the seventh Capetian king of France in 1180, when his father...With the occupation of Normandy, the Capetians now had access to the English Channel...live out his life in peace, certain of Capetian ascendancy. Internal Reforms While Philip...
Louis VII
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...and repelled the aggressions of Henry II of England. Sixth Capetian king of France, Louis VII succeeded his father, Louis VI...Thirteenth Century (trans. 1936), and Robert Fawtier, The Capetian Kings of France: Monarchy and Nation, 987-1328 (trans...
Louis IX
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Cambridge Medieval History (8 vols., 1911-1936). Louis IX and the other rulers of the Capetian dynasty are covered in Robert Fawtier, The Capetian Kings of France: Monarchy and Nation, 987-1328 (trans. 1960). The best account of his...
Valois
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...county and later a duchy, Valois was the appanage of the royal house of Valois, which succeeded the elder Capetian line (see Capetians ) on the French throne. It was incorporated into the royal domain in 1515.
Melun
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...ravaged often by the Normans. Melun became an early residence of the Capetian kings. The town has a Romanesque church (12th cent.) and vestiges of a Roman fortress and a Capetian castle. Nearby is the famous Château of Vaux-le-Vicomte...
Angevin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Arthur I. From his sister and her husband, Peter of Dreux, a Capetian noble who became Duke Peter I of Brittany, the subsequent...Anjou The second house of Anjou was a cadet branch of the Capetians and originated with Charles, a younger brother of King Louis...
France
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...became ruler of the area of present-day France. Hugh Capet is often seen as the first king of France (987), and the Capetians gradually subdued the nobility. The Norman Conquest (1066) marked the start of a long history of Anglo-French rivalry...
Henry V
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...attempted an invasion of northern France itself. This provoked strong opposition and so rallied the northern French to their Capetian king that the imperial troops were forced to retreat without gaining any success. A year later, still childless, Henry V...

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Capetian
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Capetian name of the dynasty ruling France 987–1328, founded by Hugh Capet (938–96), king of France 987–96.
Angevin empire
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...ever greater implications in their feudal relationship to the Capetian kings of France, so far as their French fiefs were concerned...made for the comparative abilities of John and Philip II, the Capetian king at the time. Philip was much more of a match than his...
Salic law
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...law was used in the 14th century by the French to deny Edward III's claim to the French throne (based on descent from his Capetian mother Isabella), so initiating the Hundred Years War . The ancient text which under the name of the Salic law was adduced...
Valois
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Valois the French royal house from the accession of Philip VI, successor to the last Capetian king, in 1328 to the death of Henry III (1589), when the throne passed to the Bourbons.
hundred
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...kings attempted to dominate France, and began when Edward III claimed the throne of France following the death of the last Capetian king. Despite a number of English military successes, most notably Crécy, Poitiers, and (in 1415) Agincourt...
Angevin
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...England, was the first of an English royal dynasty. The power of the Angevins under Henry was formidable, overshadowing the CAPETIAN kings of France. Anjou remained in English hands until 1203 when Philip Augustus wrested it from John. Louis gave the Angevin...
Louis IX, St
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...1250. His involvement in the Crusades was recounted by JOINVILLE . He later mounted another Crusade to Tunis where he died. He was canonized by Pope Boniface VIII in 1297, his sanctity conferring immense prestige on the Capetian dynasty.
Hundred Years War
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...x2013;1453 was coined in the 1860s but has enjoyed universal acceptance ever since. When the last descendant of the main Capetian line died in 1328, Edward III had a claim to the French throne through his mother. The war which broke out in 1337 arose...
touching for the king's evil
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History touching for the king's evil was an instant medieval royal tradition. On learning that their rivals the Capetian kings of France claimed divine healing powers, the kings of England, from Henry I onwards, followed suit. Curiously it was...
Periodization
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...legendary Pharamond, youth to the end of the Merovingian dynasty, maturity under the Carolingians, and old age under the Capetian. On the political level the commonest way of describing the structure of history was through the biblically inspired conceit...

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Isabelle of France: Capetian Sanctity and Franciscan Identity in the Thirteenth Century
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; Isabelle of France: Capetian Sanctity and Franciscan Identity in the...filling whatever appetite existed for a Capetian royal saint. In recent years, Sean L...perspective on the culture and religiosity of the Capetian court. T
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Magazine article from: The Historian; 9/22/2008; ; 700+ words ; Isabelle of France: Capetian Sanctity and Franciscan Identity in...required to create a saint's cult; the Capetians' cooperation in taking care of family...relations linking Flanders with the Capetians. He also takes his dominant source...
Unceasing Strife, Unending Fear: Jacques de Thérines and the Freedom of the Church in the Age of the Last Capetians
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; Unceasing Strife, Unending Fear: Jacques de Thrines and the Freedom of the Church in the Age of the Last Capetians. By William Chester Jordan. (Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press. 2005. Pp. xiv, 154. $29.95.) In this...
France in the Middle Ages: 987-1460.
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 3/22/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...book on the |Rise of the Capetians', and, as Duby sees it...less the same time as the Capetians united France? Or, why in...some useful insights into Capetian kingship, but it is also...enjoy and share a vision of Capetian and French power as God...
Le Roi, C'est Moi; French Pretender Preserves His Dynasty
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/28/1987; ; 700+ words ; ...century cha^teau, the count marked his Capetian Dynasty's first millennium and moved...exercise fully the rights and duties of the Capetian House, as I did myself." Prince Henri...but she received no title. In the Capetian line, women remain outside the path...
Romanesque France.(Report from Europe.)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...throne of France in 987. The Capetian dynasty held power over an...until 1328. The coming of the Capetian kings also coincided with...began the rivalry between the Capetians and the Plantagenets as well...France at the Time of the First Capetians (987-1152) is on view...
Court and Bishop in Medieval Germany, a Study in Regional Power: 1110-1350. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: History Today; 2/1/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...changes transforming the potentialities of Capetian power, almost when the kings were not...increasing sophistication of twelfth-century Capetian government partly in terms of the secular...period developments which he puts to the Capetians, but also in balanced judgement...
France in the Middle Ages: 987-1460. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: History Today; 2/1/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...changes transforming the potentialities of Capetian power, almost when the kings were not...increasing sophistication of twelfth-century Capetian government partly in terms of the secular...period developments which he puts to the Capetians, but also in balanced judgement...
Philip Augustus: King of France, 1180-1223.(Review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...in 1214, a triumph that secured the Capetian dynasty on the throne and laid the foundations...light. He rightly warns against anti-Capetian bias in the more abundant contemporary...England ruled more of France than his Capetian overlord; by his death in 1223 Philip...
Reality Fictions: Romance, History, and Governmental Authority, 1025-1180
Magazine article from: Arthuriana; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...French speaking courts of the Norman and Capetian ruling families and that the historical...twelfth-century Anglo-Norman and Capetian dynasties deserves attention because...explores state formation in the Norman and Capetian 'empires,' formations marked by...