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Lord of the Pyrenees: Gaston Febus, Count of Foix [1331-1391] (Hardcover)
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Lord of the Pyrenees: Gaston Febus, Count of Foix [1331-1391] (Hardcover)
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Relates the colourful life of 'enlightened despot' Gaston III,
count of Foix, an enigmatic and brilliant figure in a turbulent
period. The reign of Gaston III, Count of Foix and self-proclaimed
sovereign Lord of Bearn, stands out as one of the rare success
stories of the `calamitous' fourteenth century. By playing a
skilful game of shifting allegiances and timelydefiance, 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
thearts, and the author of a celebrated Book of the Hunt, Febus -
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.
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