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Brittany and the Angevins: Province and Empire, 1158-1203.(Book Review)
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June 22, 2004|
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Brittany and the Angevins: Province and Empire, 1158-1203. By J. A. Everard. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Pp. xiv, 242. $59.95.)
For almost half a century, Brittany, that peninsula at the extreme northwest of France, was part of the "Angevin Empire" created by Henry Plantagenet, maintained by his famous son, Richard the Lionheart, and then lost by his infamous son, John. This phase in Brittany's history has been neglected and misunderstood in traditional historiography, argues J. A. Everard in this carefully researched and cogently argued monograph, ...
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