| Titre | La royauté des premiers Capétiens : « Un mélange de misère et de grandeur » ? | |
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| Auteur | Rolf Grosse | |
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Revue | Le Moyen Age |
| Numéro | tome 114, no 2, 2008 | |
| Page | 255-271 | |
| Résumé anglais |
The monarchy of the early Capetians : “A mixture of misery and grandeur” ?
The monarchy of the early Capetians is commonly regarded as weak. Reduced to
the royal domain, their power was often less than that of princes. But this gloomy
picture is being revised by French medievalists. Re-evaluation seems all the more
justified if the Capetian monarchy is compared to that of the Eastern Frankish
kingdom, the future Germany. The Ottonians were also limited to central areas and
saw themselves confronted by powerful princes, such as the Dukes of Bavaria and
Swabia. It was only Henri II who, after the year 1,000, achieved royal authority over
the whole regnum. The Salians followed his example. But this policy was opposed by
the nobility. The German monarchy lost its power of integration and went into crisis
during the last years of Henri III. On the other hand, the policy of the early Capetians,
who did not break the princes' power, was promising. Against this background, the
idea of a pitiful French monarchy is no longer as well-founded. Source : Éditeur (via Cairn.info) |
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