The Good King Ren of Anjou and Fifteenth Century Europe [Hardcover]

King Ren? is little known beyond France, yet, through his controversial daughter Margaret of Anjou, he affected events in England during the Wars of the Roses. Ren?'s court rivalled Burgundy in its rich artistic culture and his claim to the kingdom of Naples started a process that led to enormous changes in the power structure of Southern Europe.List of Illustrations List of Maps Genealogical Table Introduction: 'Good' and 'Bad' Kings Anjou, Bar, Lorraine and Provence Naples: 'the Italian Wasp-Nest' The End of the Hundred Years War Ren?'s Court The Dissolution of Ren?'s apanage Conclusion: The Paradox of the 'Good' King' Bibliography

'This review can only give the barest outline of the endlessly intricate material, political and artistic, that Kekewich's book addresses.' - Livia Visser-Fuchs, The Ricardian

MARGARET KEKEWICH? taught History in schools, adult education and, until retirement, the Open University where she was a Senior Lecturer in Arts.?She has published books and articles on advisers to princes such as Sir John Fortescue and Niccol? Macchiavelli, on the Lancastrian court in exile, and, with Susan Rose, on Britain, France and the Empire, 1350-1500.