The Making of Europe:

400-1500
Week 7: France & the Capetian dynasty

Coronation of Phillip II Augustus

Housekeeping…
Submission dates for primary source commentaries (1000 words each)
1. Assessed Primary Source Commentary 1 (15%): Wednesday 7 March, 12 Noon (week 6)

2. Assessed Primary Source Commentary 2 (35%): Wednesday 25 April, 12 Noon (week 10)
- 3 weeks to go

Remember! You must do one commentary on a source from Section A, and the other on a source from
section B. (course handbook p.32)

My contact details:
 Isaac.Boothroyd@Manchester.ac.uk
 Office hour: Wednesday 1-2pm, Sam Alex S2.29
 Seminar Aims:
- To consider the power of the early Capetian Kings, and their
relationship with the nobility
 
- To think about how they consolidated their position
 
- To look at the role image and historical writing played in the formation
of Capetian Kingship
 The consolidation of Capetian Kingship…

From this… (France c.1155) …To this (France c.1300)

 Kings of spin?
The role of image & historical writing

. How were Capetian Kings

depicted in the sources?

. Why are they portrayed this

way?

. How far are these accounts

accurate?

. Does this presentation

change over time?

John de Joinville: Crusader &

Abbott Suger of St Denis
historian