Lord of the Pyrenees: Gaston Fébus, Count of Foix (1331–1391)

Richard Vernier

Lord of the Pyrenees

Gaston Fébus, Count of Foix (1331–1391)

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Richard Vernier, Wayne State University

Publisher:: Boydell & Brewer
Online publication date:: September 2012
Print publication year:: 2008
Online ISBN:: 9781846156571

Subjects:: Area Studies, European History 1000-1450, History, European Studies

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The reign of Gaston III, Count of Foix and self-proclaimed sovereign Lord of Béarn, stands out as one of the rare success stories of the 'calamitous' fourteenth century. By playing a skilful game of shifting allegiances and timely defiance, he avoided being drawn into the conflicts between his more powerful neighbours - France and English Aquitaine, Aragon and Castile - thus sparing his domains the devastations of warfare. Best known as a patron of the arts, and the author of a celebrated 'Book of the Hunt', Fébus - as he styled himself - also prefigures the eighteenth-century 'enlightened despots' with his effort to centralize government, protect natural resources and promote enterprise. But a sequence of mysterious tragedies - the abrupt dismissal of his wife, the slaying of his only legitimate son - reveal the dark side of the brilliant and enigmatic 'Sun Prince of the Pyrenees'. RICHARD VERNIER is Professor Emeritus of Romance Languages and Literatures, Wayne State University. He is the author of 'The Flower of chivalry: Bertrand du Guesclin and the Hundred Years War'.

Provides a useful addition to the secondary literature in English, a well-written account of the man and a perceptive overview of his times.'

Source: Speculum

As is typical of this publisher, the volume is beautifully produced and bound. [...] This is a scholarly history but because Vernier is a gifted story-teller, the volume will be enjoyed by anyone with an interest in the Middle Ages.'

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Lord of the Pyrenees

Gaston Fébus, Count of Foix (1331–1391)

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-v

List of illustrations
pp vi-vi

Preface
pp vii-viii

Note: about money
pp ix-x

Abbreviations
pp x-x

PART I - THE MAKING OF A PRINCE
pp 1-1

1 - Inheritance
pp 2-14

2 - Apprenticeship
pp 15-28

3 - Trials and Tribulations
pp 29-43

4 - Fébus Revealed
pp 44-60

PART II - THE ACCOMPLISHMENT
pp 61-61

5 - Challenges and Designs
pp 62-82

6 - Governing Wisely
pp 83-106

7 - Fébus at Home
pp 107-126

8 - Fébus, the Author
pp 127-142

PART III - THE UNDOING
pp 143-143

9 - The Orthez Mystery
pp 144-162

10 - Endgame
pp 163-183

11 - Death, and the Spoils
pp 184-203

Appendix: Bernard de Béarn, Count of Medinaceli
pp 204-207

Bibliography
pp 208-212

Index
pp 213-222

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