[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":25},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p5ch14z10-empire-and-crusades-thwarted-ambitions:es":3},{"period":4,"chapter":15,"zoom":18},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":7,"titleEs":6,"coverArtworkId":8,"range":9,"rangeEn":9,"rangeEs":9,"cover":10},"p5","Plena Edad Media","High Middle Ages","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},"p5ch14","Charles IV the Fair: The Last Direct Capetian and Dynastic Shift (1322–1328)",{"id":19,"title":20,"chapterId":16,"html":21,"hasEn":22,"isFallback":23,"seoDescription":24},"p5ch14z10","Empire and Crusades: Thwarted Ambitions","\u003Cp>Under Charles IV, foreign policy is not limited to England. The king must come to terms with a powerful papacy at Avignon, a Holy Empire in crisis of legitimacy, and crusade projects that serve as much as an ideological horizon as a political tool.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>⚔️ The Holy Empire: Louis of Bavaria, John XXII, and a French Option\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>At Charles IV’s accession, two princes claim the Empire: \u003Cstrong>Louis of Bavaria\u003C/strong> and \u003Cstrong>Frederick the Fair\u003C/strong>. In \u003Cstrong>1322\u003C/strong>, Louis defeats and captures his rival at the Battle of \u003Cstrong>Mühldorf\u003C/strong>, but John XXII refuses to recognize him and excommunicates him in \u003Cstrong>1324\u003C/strong>.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>In this context, some consider an alternative champion. The marriage of Charles IV to \u003Cstrong>Marie of Luxembourg\u003C/strong> (daughter of Emperor Henry VII) strengthens the idea of a French option, but the premature death of Marie in \u003Cstrong>1324\u003C/strong> ends these ambitions.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>✝️ Crusade: Negotiate, Finance, Doubt\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The idea of crusade returns in the 1320s. In \u003Cstrong>1323\u003C/strong>, Charles charges \u003Cstrong>Charles of Valois\u003C/strong> with negotiating with John XXII an expedition and a subsidy. The discussions fail: the pope suspects the king of using the money for other purposes.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>In \u003Cstrong>1326\u003C/strong>, Charles officially takes the cross and contemplates an expedition against the Byzantine Empire, entrusting a fleet to the \u003Cstrong>vicomte of Narbonne\u003C/strong>. In \u003Cstrong>1327\u003C/strong>, envoys from \u003Cstrong>Andronicus II Palaeologue\u003C/strong> come to Paris to discuss peace and the union of Christendom, but changes in Constantinople and the king’s death interrupt these projects.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key Points to Remember\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>The Empire and the papacy create a play of legitimacies where France can weigh in.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Crusade projects serve also as diplomatic and financial leverage.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Under Charles IV, several ambitions remain unfinished.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"Under Charles IV, foreign policy is not limited to England. The king must come to terms with a powerful papacy at Avignon, a Holy Empire in crisis of",1777502699356]