The man who believed he was king of France : a true medieval tale /
Replete with shady merchants, scoundrels, hungry mercenaries, scheming nobles, and maneuvering cardinals, The Man Who Believed He Was King of France proves the adage that truth is often stranger than fiction--or at least as entertaining. The setting of this improbable but beguiling tale is 1354 and...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English Italian |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2008
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| Edition: | [American ed.]. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Replete with shady merchants, scoundrels, hungry mercenaries, scheming nobles, and maneuvering cardinals, The Man Who Believed He Was King of France proves the adage that truth is often stranger than fiction--or at least as entertaining. The setting of this improbable but beguiling tale is 1354 and the Hundred Years' War being waged for control of France. Seeing an opportunity for political and material gain, the demagogic dictator of Rome tells Giannino di Guccio that he is in fact the lost heir to Louis X, allegedly switched at birth with the son of a Tuscan merchant. Once convinced of his bi. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 220 pages) : map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-211) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226145273 0226145271 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
