[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":25},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p5ch2z6: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},"p5ch2","Robert II the Pious: Consolidating the Capetian Monarchy (996-1031)",{"id":19,"title":20,"chapterId":16,"html":21,"hasEn":22,"isFallback":23,"seoDescription":24},"p5ch2z6","1015-1016: Sens and Dijon, Locking the Approaches","\u003Cp>In the middle of Robert II’s reign, Capetian expansion does not depend only on “ducal” victories. It also plays out through key cities and the comital office: who commands a city, who holds the county, and under whose authority.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🏛️ 1015: Sens, a Strategic Archiepiscopal City\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>At \u003Cstrong>Sens\u003C/strong>, control of the city sets Count \u003Cstrong>Fromond II\u003C/strong> and then his son \u003Cstrong>Rainard\u003C/strong> against Archbishop \u003Cstrong>Leotheric\u003C/strong>, a supporter of the king. The construction of a powerful defensive tower by the count symbolises an autonomy that has become threatening. Isolated, the archbishop calls on Robert.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>The royal intervention has several aims:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Sens is a major archiepiscopal seat of the kingdom;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>the city is a necessary passage toward Burgundy;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>controlling the county of Sens makes it easier to cut through the possessions of \u003Cstrong>Odo II of Blois\u003C/strong>.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>The count is excommunicated, and Robert seizes \u003Cstrong>Sens on 22 April 1015\u003C/strong>. Rainard proposes a compromise: he keeps the comital office, but at his death the county will return to the Crown. Robert gains the essential point: the city enters his orbit.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🏰 1016: Dijon, Completing the Burgundian Conquest\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Once Sens is secure, Robert wants to finish the Burgundian affair. The final lock is \u003Cstrong>Dijon\u003C/strong>, held by the bishop of Langres, \u003Cstrong>Bruno of Roucy\u003C/strong>, an enemy of the king. The Dijon tradition mentions a mediation by \u003Cstrong>Odilo of Cluny\u003C/strong> that avoids a direct assault.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>The situation changes when Bruno dies at the end of \u003Cstrong>January 1016\u003C/strong>: royal troops enter Dijon shortly after. Robert places \u003Cstrong>Lambert of Vignory\u003C/strong> on the see of Langres, and he cedes Dijon and its county to the king. After a long combination of campaigns and agreements, Burgundy is finally secured.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key Takeaways\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Sens (1015): control of an archiepiscopal city and a strategic corridor.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Dijon (1016): the last Burgundian piece falls through an ecclesiastical shift.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"In the middle of Robert II’s reign, Capetian expansion does not depend only on “ducal” victories. It also plays out through key cities and the comital office:",1778543133690]