[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":25},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p5ch10z6:en":3},{"period":4,"chapter":15,"zoom":18},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":6,"titleEs":7,"coverArtworkId":8,"range":9,"rangeEn":9,"rangeEs":9,"cover":10},"p5","High Middle Ages","Plena Edad Media","hannibal-alpes","987 → 1453",{"fileName":11,"filePageUrl":12,"imageUrl":13,"sourceLabel":14},"Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","/assets/p5-moyen-age-classique-cover.png","Wikimedia Commons",{"id":16,"title":17},"p5ch10","Philip III the Bold: Capetian Continuity and Mediterranean Crises (1270–1285)",{"id":19,"title":20,"chapterId":16,"html":21,"hasEn":22,"isFallback":23,"seoDescription":24},"p5ch10z6","1285: The Aragonese Crusade and the Death of Philip III","\u003Cp>After the Sicilian Vespers, the rivalry with Aragon intensified. An expedition was presented as a “crusade” — proof that, by the late thirteenth century, the religious and the political remained tightly intertwined.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🛡️ A War Under Religious Language\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The campaign targeted Aragon, but it was mobilised through a spiritual and papal justification. In reality, this was a war of dynasties and Mediterranean control, in which logistics and money weighed as much as arms.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🦠 A Reign’s End by Attrition\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The expedition aimed at Catalonia: \u003Cstrong>siege of Girona\u003C/strong> (summer 1285), naval and land battles, then a harassed retreat. Disease and campaign fatigue played a central role: the army was struck by dysentery, and the retreat turned into a disaster (Formigues, col de Panissars).\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Philip III died at \u003Cstrong>Perpignan\u003C/strong> on 5 October 1285. As the king died far from Paris, his body underwent funeral treatment designed to limit decomposition and allow transport. The sovereign’s memory was deployed across several sites: the remains were divided (heart, entrails, bones), following a practice of multiple burials that multiplied ceremonies and commemorative spaces.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>The expedition ended without lasting success, but the succession was secured: \u003Cstrong>Philip IV\u003C/strong> inherited an enlarged kingdom and a solid apparatus of state.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key Points to Remember\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>The “Aragonese Crusade” reveals a more Mediterranean, more conflict-ridden political world.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Capetian dynastic continuity remains a major asset: power was transmitted without crisis.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"After the Sicilian Vespers, the rivalry with Aragon intensified. An expedition was presented as a “crusade” — proof that, by the late thirteenth century, the",1778543132458]