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Medieval France was not a nation but rather an ethno-geographic area. The Capetian kings ruled the Isle de France with little power over quasi-independent counties and duchies. Toulouse, Aquitaine, Brittany, Normandy, Anjou, Burgundy all fought and schemed for dominance. This is the milieu of 12th Century France and Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur’s adventures of Pierre Faidit […]