Georges Minois is one of our great medieval historians, with the late Jacques Le Goff and Jean Favier. His style is still taking, for here one of the most fascinating and formidable figures of our kings. Philip the Fair is generally known through The Accursed Kings. This "druonesque" saga is unfortunately a cliché. Philip IV was king at a time of the Middle Ages saw the beginning of a currency crisis. The late thirteenth century saw dark clouds to accumulate. The king must carry everything at once: the monetary crisis, the papal crisis, the war with England, the administrative building, the war with Flanders (I lived near Mons-en-Pévèle, coincidentally, which was no longer Bouvines). Even history-changing battle of the reign. The communal militias needed, give a hard time to chivalry. Kortrijk is a harbinger of Crécy. With all this, Philippe begins work at the helm of the rudder. Author central question: can you shed more light on the personality of the king over the history of the reign? Should we emphasize that remained almost 10 years a widower, from 1305 to his death in 1314?
