The Government of Philip Augustus

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ISBN: 9780520073913 | 0520073916
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Copyright: 6/1/1991

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In the thirteenth century the French kings won ascendancy over France, while France achieved political and cultural supremacy over western Europe. Based on French sources, this meticulously documented study provides an account of how Philip Augustus (1179-1223) brought about this transformation of royal power.

Illustrations and Maps	p. xi
Tables and Graph	p. xiii
A Note on Monies and Exchange Rates Employed in This Book	p. xv
Preface	p. xvii
The Capetian Legacy, 1179-1190
Narrative: The Struggle for Survival	p. 3
The Coronation and Its Participants	p. 3
Shifting Alliances	p. 16
The Territorial Balance Sheet	p. 24
The King and His Men	p. 28
Justice and Finance: The Chief Business of Government	p. 37
Justice	p. 37
Finance	p. 44
Towns and Churches: The Extension of Royal Influence	p. 59
Towns	p. 59
Churches	p. 64
The Decisive Decade, 1190-1203
Narrative: The Ill Fortunes of War	p. 77
The Third Crusade	p. 77
The Flemish Inheritance	p. 80
Ingeborg of Denmark and Agnes de Meran	p. 82
John Against Richard	p. 87
Arthur Against John	p. 94
The King's New Men	p. 101
The Regency (June 1190-December 1191)	p. 102
The Withdrawal of the Magnates	p. 104
The King's New Men	p. 106
Chamberlains: The Sons of Gautier	p. 107
Knights of the King: Barthelemy de Roye and Henri Clement	p. 109
Clerics of the King: Brother Guerin	p. 115
Baillis	p. 125
The Reorganization of Justice and Finance	p. 137
The Expansion of Justice	p. 137
Fiscal Accounts	p. 144
The Royal Income, 1202/03	p. 152
The Agricultural Domain	p. 155
Towns and Commerce	p. 158
Regalian Churches	p. 161
Justice	p. 162
Military Revenues	p. 163
Expenses	p. 164
War and Finances	p. 166
The Blessings of Ecclesiastical Liberties	p. 176
Conquest and Consolidation, 1203-1214
Narrative: The Great Conquests and the Victory at Bouvines	p. 191
The Invasion of Normandy and the Loire Valley (1203-1206)	p. 191
The Intervening Lull (1206-1212): The Realignment of the Great Fiefs	p. 196
The Climax of Bouvines (1212-1214)	p. 207
Baillis and Seneschals: Justice and Finance in the New Domain	p. 220
The Norman Baillis	p. 220
The Norman Administration of Justice	p. 225
The Administration of the Jews	p. 230
Seneschals in the Loire Valley	p. 233
Reckoning the Gains of the Conquests	p. 239
Inquests and Inventories: The Mentality of Taking Stock	p. 248
Forests	p. 251
The King as Seigneur	p. 259
The Hierarchy of Fiefs	p. 260
Homage and Fealty	p. 263
The King's Court	p. 264
Pledges	p. 266
Marriage	p. 269
Fief-Rentes	p. 272
Relief and Wardship	p. 277
Feudal Military Service	p. 279
Military Service of Prelates and Barons	p. 281
Military Service in the Domain: The Findings of the Inventories	p. 286
The Capetian Inventories of Normandy	p. 289
The Inventories of the Old Capetian Domain	p. 293
Castleguard and Castles	p. 294
Repossessing the Churches	p. 304
New Gains	p. 304
Continuities: Freedom of Elections	p. 306
A Halt to Renunciations of Regalia	p. 309
Taking Stock of Ecclesiastical Resources	p. 311
Defining Boundaries Between King and Clergy	p. 315
Secular and Ecclesiastical Property Rights	p. 318
Maintenance of Public Order	p. 323
Epilogue: Victory, 1214-1223
The Fruits of Victory	p. 331
Narrative: Adventures in England and the South	p. 332
Peace	p. 339
Paris	p. 342
Prosperity	p. 351
Philip, the Realm, and the Emergence of Royal Ideology	p. 355
Philip	p. 356
The Realm	p. 359
The Emergence of Royal Ideology	p. 362
The Birth of the King and His Blood Right	p. 367
The Consecration of the King and His Defense of the Church	p. 374
The Meaning of Bouvines	p. 380
The Burial of the King and His Personal Sanctity	p. 389
Postscript: Uncovering the Government of Philip Augustus	p. 394
Chronicles	p. 395
Charters	p. 401
Fiscal Accounts	p. 405
The Royal Archives (Tresor des Chartes)	p. 407
Registers	p. 412
Norman Exchequer Judgments	p. 418
Appendices
Personnel of the Central Government	p. 426
Prevots and Baillis	p. 428
Elections of Bishops to Regalian Sees, 1179-1223	p. 434
Archbishoprics, Bishoprics, and Abbeys	p. 442
Knight Service at Bouvines	p. 450
Abbreviations	p. 455
Notes	p. 459
Index	p. 591
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