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This chapter describes the reign of several Capetian rulers namely, Louis VIII, Blanche of Castile, Louis IX, Philip III, and Philip IV. When he came to the throne in 1223, Louis VIII was confronted immediately with the need to secure the western territories which his father Philip Augustus had conquered from the English and to decide on a course of action with regard to the failing Albigensian Crusade. By 1231, Blanche of Castile and Louis had blocked a rapprochement between the Lusignan family and the English, stabilised the situation in Languedoc with the help of the cardinal-legate, deflected two major baronial coalitions bent on changing the nature of the regency and put down a Breton rebellion that had English support. The country over which Philip IV and his officials ruled was entering a period of economic difficulties, exacerbated if not necessarily caused by the steady growth of population over the last two centuries.

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Part IX - England, 1560–1650

87 - England’s Place in the International Order

11 - The Capetians from the death of Philip II to Philip IV

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Part IX - England, 1560–1650

87 - England’s Place in the International Order

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