The Reign of Fulk the Good
The reign of Fulk II, surnamed “the Good,” is presented as the proverbial golden age of Anjou, a land so peaceful that it had, in effect, no history.…
Breton Affairs and Theobald’s Intrigue
The old Breton kingdom had by this time been reduced to a duchy torn by civil war between the ruling house of Nantes and the counts of Rennes.…
The Norman Raid and the Loss of Nantes
While these Breton complications were unfolding, the Normans launched a raid upon Britanny, claiming it as their overlordship.…
The Death and Legend of Fulk the Good
The clouds gathering on the western horizon did not disturb Fulk’s final hours. Kneeling to receive communion at S.…
Geoffrey Greygown, Fulk’s Successor
Geoffrey Greygown, the elder of Fulk’s two sons, took the first steps toward fulfilling that legendary prophecy.…
Lothar, Otto, and the Struggle for Lorraine
The wider political stage on which Geoffrey Greygown now acted was dominated by the struggle between the Western and Eastern Frankish crowns.…
第二章
Chapter II opens with Geoffrey Greygown’s busy and stirring later years, beginning with his second marriage and culminating in his death in 987.…
Geoffrey Greygown’s Second Marriage
Geoffrey Greygown’s Second Marriage Around the time of the Lotharingian raid, Geoffrey Greygown married his second wife, Adela, countess in her own right of Chalon-sur-Saône and w…
Geoffrey’s Designs on Britanny
Geoffrey’s Designs on Britanny Geoffrey’s marriage of his daughter Hermengard to Conan of Rennes was likely a calculated political move intended to pave the way for Angevin interv…
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