Eniko Csukovits is a scientific advisor at the Research Centre for the Humanities, Institute of History in Budapest. She is author of Hungary and the Hungarians: Western Europe's View in the Middle Ages.
Description
Introduction Part I: The Arrival of the New Dynasty 1. A Country Between East and West 2. The Dynasty of the Holy Kings 3. The Angevin Dynasty and the Claim to the Throne of Hungary 4. The Ascent of Charles "of Hungary" to the Throne 5. The Fight for Power Part II: Charles Consolidates His Power 6. The Government of Hungary 7. Charles' Treasury 8. A Dynasty's Ambitions 9. What Was Charles I Like? Part III: The Rule of Louis the Great of Hungary 10. The Young Knightly King 11. The Neapolitan Campaigns 12. The Law of 1351 13. Gaining Control Over the Territory of Dalmatia 14. Rivals and Allies, Enemies and Vassals 15. The Polish-Hungarian Personal Union Part IV: "On the peace of the King Louis era" 16. In the Court of Louis the Great 17. The Forms Taken by Official Court Functions 18. A Portrait of Louis the Great Part V: Princesses on the Throne 19. Mother and Daughters 20. Bloody Intermezzo: The Rule of Charles the Short in Hungary 21. The End of the Angevin Era in Hungary Conclusion List of Abbreviations Select Bibliography Index
"The Angevin dynasty has received considerable attention in works written in Italian, French, Hungarian, or Slovak, but English-speaking scholarship has not fully explored the multifaceted history of this important medieval dynasty. . . . This book is a welcomed addition to the international discourse on the Angevin history in the 14th century, filling the gap between the older, mostly Hungarian, works published in previous decades and the current augmented interest in the history of the Angevin dynasty."-Dusan Zupka, author of Ritual and Symbolic Communication in Medieval Hungary under the Arpad Dynasty (1000 - 1301)