 Bernard
S. Bachrach
Fulk Nerra, the Neo-Roman Consul 987-1040
A Political Biography of the Angevin Count
This
is the first comprehensive biography of Fulk Nerra, an important medieval
ruler, who came to power in his teens and rose to be master in the west
of the French Kingdom. Descendant of warriors and administrators who served
the French kings, Fulk in turn built the state that provided a foundation
for the vast Angevin empire later constructed by his descendants.
Bernard Bachrach
finds the terms "constructed" and "built" more than
metaphorical in relation to Fulk's career. He shows how Fulk and the Angevin
counts who followed him based their long-term state building policy on
Roman strategies and fortifications described by Vegetius. This creative
adaptation of Roman ideas and tactics, according to Bachrach, was the
key to Fulk's successful consolidation of political power. Students of
medieval and military history will find here a colorful, impressively
researched biography.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bernard S. Bachrach is Professor of History at the University of Minnesota
and fellow of the Medieval Academy of America. His previous books include
Early Medieval Jewish Policy in Western Europe (1977).
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