The Capetians to St. Louis
Dorothea Peters
This chapter discusses the descend of Capetians to St. Louis in France. From time Treaty Verdun 843, there had been Carolingian kings ruling over a France that degenerated into anarchy. These monarchs failed preserve or establish any effective lordship. The Normans rapidly assimilated language and institutions France, went on use develop them colonization England, Sicily, Southern Italy. other great duchies early Capetian period were Anjou Touraine, dukes which ruled Poitou, Saintonge, La Marche, Limousin, Perigord, Angoumois Auvergne; Toulouse; Flanders, Champagne, Burgundy. Early was divided merely these half-dozen counties. first six their sons elected as kings-designate during own lifetimes. Louis's good fortune Suger he pious, simple, moderate, statesmanlike minister, until abbot's death 1151.