Toward a reappraisal of William the Great, duke of Aquitaine (995–1030)

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11891838
AutoresBernard S Bachrach (Twin Cities Orthopedics, autor de correspondencia)
Año1979
Volumen5
Número1
Páginas11-21
Fecha de publicación1979-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Medieval History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0304-4181 • E-ISSN: 1873-1279
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1016/0304-4181(79)90016-2
OpenAlexW2059211680
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas12

William, duke of Aquitaine and count of Poitou, has won a glowing reputation from historians for his personal piety and his active support of religious reform. Scholars have given him the sobriquet ‘the Great’, and he is traditionally regarded as one of those overmighty subjects whose fame and power eclipsed their less accomplished Capetian contemporaries. As count and duke, however, William clearly had responsibilities that went beyond support of the Church. In the present study an effort has been made to examine the more secular aspects of William's career to see if, in fact, he justly deserves to be considered one of the outstanding figures of the early eleventh century

Ancient history · Eleventh · Piety · Political science · Power (physics · Reputation · Classics · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Medieval European Literature and History · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy · Religious studies