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Definition of Capetian
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the French dynasty founded by Hugh Capet.
2. Noun. A member of the Capetian dynasty.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capetian
Literary usage of Capetian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1877)
"On the The posi- other hand, it was the capetian revolution which gave Normandy
Normandy her definite position in Gaul and in Europe, ..."
2. Medieval Europe from 395 to 1270 by Charles Bémont, Gabriel Monod (1902)
"INSTITUTIONS OF capetian ROYALTY.* 1. Character of capetian Royalty.—Royalty, in
passing from the Carolingians to the capetians, did not change, ..."
3. The History of Normandy and of England by Francis Palgrave (1864)
"The convulsions which accomplished the capetian 'Revolution superseded all notions
of subjection to the discarded family; and Richard, during the last ..."
4. Syllabus of Continental European History from the Fall of Rome to 1870 by Oliver Huntington Richardson, Guy Stanton Ford, Edward Lewis Durfee (1904)
"(2) Beginnings of Angevin-capetian direct rivalry— most important event of ...
(1) Danger to the capetian power. (2) Why did France not become Angevin ? ..."
5. A History of Mediaeval and Modern Europe for Secondary Schools by William Stearns Davis, Norman Shaw McKendrick (1914)
"A new dynasty — the capetian — arose, ruling a kingdom that speedily was known
by a new name — France. For at least a hundred years before they fairly ..."
6. Elements of History: Ancient and Modern by Joseph Emerson Worcester (1843)
"... and founded the third or capetian race of French kings. SECTION II. capetian
Kings, from Hugh Capet to Philip VI. of Valois. —From AD 987 to 1328. 1. ..."
7. The History of Normandy and of England by Francis Palgrave (1864)
"The convulsions which accomplished the capetian Revolution superseded all notions of
... He was a capetian Peer created bought in« by the Revolution; ..."
8. The Empire and the Papacy, 918-1273 by Thomas Frederick Tout (1903)
"CHAPTER XII FRANCE, NORMANDY, AND ANJOU, AND THE BEGINNINGS OF THE GREATNESS OF
THE capetian MONARCHY Contrast between French and German History— Character ..."
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