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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Guy Perry (University of Leeds)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.90cm Weight: 0.360kg ISBN: 9781316620298ISBN 10: 1316620298 Pages: 236 Publication Date: 11 August 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews'Guy Perry has in this engagingly written work produced an excellent biography of John of Brienne (Jean de Brienne), a relatively little-known medieval figure who led one of the most fascinating of careers and whose life encapsulates the notion of a rags-to-riches story … Perry's work is a superb reassessment of the extraordinary life of John of Brienne and offers an excellent point of departure for further investigation into the affairs of the Latin East and Latin West and where they overlap. The book contains more than enough for those concerned with the details of John's fascinating life, and appeals to those with wider interests in Champagne and the Mediterranean world.' Stephen Donnachie, Royal Studies Journal '… a wide-ranging and immensely readable work. Perry writes well and has a light-hearted but scholarly turn of phrase that makes this book a pleasure to read … this study will be the fundamental point of reference on this subject for many years to come.' Nicholas Morton, History 'So unlikely, so varied and highly coloured can John of Brienne's career appear to us that the relative lack of attention it has received from historians is all the more surprising. Guy Perry's assured and very readable new study of John is the first full-length treatment of his career since 1938. Since then, of course, crusading historiography has changed almost out of recognition, and Perry's John of Brienne is a very different and more nuanced figure.' Crusades 'Guy Perry has in this engagingly written work produced an excellent biography of John of Brienne (Jean de Brienne), a relatively little-known medieval figure who led one of the most fascinating of careers and whose life encapsulates the notion of a rags-to-riches story ... Perry's work is a superb reassessment of the extraordinary life of John of Brienne and offers an excellent point of departure for further investigation into the affairs of the Latin East and Latin West and where they overlap. The book contains more than enough for those concerned with the details of John's fascinating life, and appeals to those with wider interests in Champagne and the Mediterranean world.' Stephen Donnachie, Royal Studies Journal '... a wide-ranging and immensely readable work. Perry writes well and has a light-hearted but scholarly turn of phrase that makes this book a pleasure to read ... this study will be the fundamental point of reference on this subject for many years to come.' Nicholas Morton, History 'So unlikely, so varied and highly coloured can John of Brienne's career appear to us that the relative lack of attention it has received from historians is all the more surprising. Guy Perry's assured and very readable new study of John is the first full-length treatment of his career since 1938. Since then, of course, crusading historiography has changed almost out of recognition, and Perry's John of Brienne is a very different and more nuanced figure.' Crusades Guy Perry has in this engagingly written work produced an excellent biography of John of Brienne (Jean de Brienne), a relatively little-known medieval figure who led one of the most fascinating of careers and whose life encapsulates the notion of a rags-to-riches story ... Perry's work is a superb reassessment of the extraordinary life of John of Brienne and offers an excellent point of departure for further investigation into the affairs of the Latin East and Latin West and where they overlap. The book contains more than enough for those concerned with the details of John's fascinating life, and appeals to those with wider interests in Champagne and the Mediterranean world. Stephen Donnachie, Royal Studies Journal ... a wide-ranging and immensely readable work. Perry writes well and has a light-hearted but scholarly turn of phrase that makes this book a pleasure to read ... this study will be the fundamental point of reference on this subject for many years to come. Nicholas Morton, History So unlikely, so varied and highly coloured can John of Brienne's career appear to us that the relative lack of attention it has received from historians is all the more surprising. Guy Perry's assured and very readable new study of John is the first full-length treatment of his career since 1938. Since then, of course, crusading historiography has changed almost out of recognition, and Perry's John of Brienne is a very different and more nuanced figure. Crusades 'Guy Perry has in this engagingly written work produced an excellent biography of John of Brienne (Jean de Brienne), a relatively little-known medieval figure who led one of the most fascinating of careers and whose life encapsulates the notion of a rags-to-riches story ... Perry's work is a superb reassessment of the extraordinary life of John of Brienne and offers an excellent point of departure for further investigation into the affairs of the Latin East and Latin West and where they overlap. The book contains more than enough for those concerned with the details of John's fascinating life, and appeals to those with wider interests in Champagne and the Mediterranean world.' Stephen Donnachie, Royal Studies Journal '... a wide-ranging and immensely readable work. Perry writes well and has a light-hearted but scholarly turn of phrase that makes this book a pleasure to read ... this study will be the fundamental point of reference on this subject for many years to come.' Nicholas Morton, History 'So unlikely, so varied and highly coloured can John of Brienne's career appear to us that the relative lack of attention it has received from historians is all the more surprising. Guy Perry's assured and very readable new study of John is the first full-length treatment of his career since 1938. Since then, of course, crusading historiography has changed almost out of recognition, and Perry's John of Brienne is a very different and more nuanced figure.' Crusades Author InformationGuy Perry is Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Leeds. His research focuses on East-West interaction in the central Middle Ages. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |