Nation-building
Rosamond McKitterick: Capetian Kings, 24 October 2024
House of Lilies: The Dynasty that Made Medieval France
by Justine Firnhaber-Baker.
Allen Lane, 408 pp., £30, March,978 0 241 55277 3 Show More
by Justine Firnhaber-Baker.
Allen Lane, 408 pp., £30, March,
“... king in the direct line – ‘did not simply rule France: they created it.’To what extent does Justine Firnhaber-Baker’s book justify the claim that the dynasty can be credited with the formation of national identity as well as the territorial entity? The territory they ruled was effectively that of the Carolingian kingdom, which itself had its ... ”