A fun way to learn the history of the French Capetian Kings, the end of the Knights Templar, moving the Pope to France instead of Rome, the Lombard baA fun way to learn the history of the French Capetian Kings, the end of the Knights Templar, moving the Pope to France instead of Rome, the Lombard bankers system. Phillip IV, aka Phillip the Fair (as in good looking), aka The Iron King is a model for Tyrion Lannister.
Note to self- Followup on page 264: "....he (Philip IV) remembered an extraordinary embassy which he had received at the beginning of his reign (1305). The year his wife Jeanne died. Rabban Kaumas, a Chinese Nestorian Bishop, had come to France, sent by the Great Khan of Persia, the descendant of Genghis Khan, in order to suggest an alliance to the King of France, and war against the Turks with an army of a hundred thousand men. Phillip turned away from another Crusade to focus on France.
Page 276 Lombard companies (Bourgeois du roi): From Florence: Boccanegra, Tolomei, Peruzzi, Albizzi, Guardi, Bardi, Pucci, Casinelli, Boccaccio, From Genoa: Salimbene, Buonsignorei,Allerani,Zaccario. From Piazenca:Scotti. From Siennese: Tolomei. The Lombards were prepared to leave France. ...more
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