Preface and Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Preface and Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Maps 17
6. Melusine; or, The Noble History of Lusignan
7. Prologue 19
8. Crossed Destinies: Melusine and Raymondin 21
9. Founding Lusignan 34
10. Raymondin in Brittany 49
11. Founding a Dynasty in Poitou 68
12. Urian and Guyon Defend Cyprus 71
13. Urian and Guyon: The Armenian Campaign 100
14. Antoine and Renaud in Luxembourg 113
15. Geoffroy Big-Tooth in Ireland 148
16. Crisis in the Near East 160
17. Betrayal, Fratricide, and Loss 180
18. Geoffroy in Northumberland 196
19. Raymond: Pilgrimage and Penance 201
20. Six Sons of Lusignan Defend Alsace 208
21. Raymond’s Noble Funeral 214
22. Epilogue I: The Knight of the Tower 218
23. Epilogue II: The Castle of the Sparrow Hawk 223
24. The Legacy of Lusignan and the Duke of Berry 226
25. Notes 231
26. Selected Bibliography 243
27. Index 247